Widespread impunity in the north – US human rights report

The 2023 US country report on human rights in Cyprus raised serious concerns over media freedom and life-threatening conditions in prison in the north.

Published on Tuesday, it highlighted that ‘authorities’ in the north took “limited credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses.

“There was evidence, however, of widespread impunity.”

Serious ‘government’ corruption and human trafficking as well as violence against minority groups were highlighted amid by the report.