| CYPRUS 2016 HUMAN RIGHTS Report Contributor(s): Penny Hill Press (Editor), U. S. State Department (Author) |
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ISBN: 1976377838 ISBN-13: 9781976377839 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Human Rights |
| Physical Information: 0.11" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.32 lbs) 52 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The most significant problems during the year remained trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation and labor; police abuse and their degrading treatment of persons in custody and asylum seekers; and violence against women, including spousal abuse.Other problems during the year included: prison overcrowding; lack of separation of pretrial detainees from convicted criminals; prolonged detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants in prison-like conditions; deportation of rejected asylum seekers before they had an opportunity to appeal their asylum decision; lack of full access to and administration of some religious sites; government corruption; incidents of violence against children; instances of discrimination and violence against members of minority ethnic and national groups; and societal discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons. |