Substitute
Deputy
Independent
House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus
CY - 1402 - Nicosia
Cyprus
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
, 2024
, 2023
, 2022
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
25/06/2026 - Session PACE condemns ‘transnational repression’ and urges new laws to stop it 28/05/2026 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights PACE committee condemns ‘transnational repression’ and urges new laws to stop it 22/05/2026 - Standing Committee Restructuring and streamlining of the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure 22/05/2026 - Standing Committee Gaza: PACE condemns Israel’s killing of local journalists and Hamas’s violations of press freedom 23/04/2026 - Culture, Science, Education and Media Gaza: committee condemns Israel’s killing of local journalists and Hamas’s violations of press freedom
25/06/2026 | 17:13:27 I would like to thank all the participants for their interventions, their contributions, to this serious case. Thank you for the incidents you have mentioned. Of course, the incidents of transnational repression against everybody are not acceptable. It is more than obvious and critical that we cannot allow transnational repression to ruin our democracies. I first want to make clear that it is not the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) system or the judiciary at stake. What... 25/06/2026 | 16:32:40 Madam President, Dear colleagues, We often operate under the wrong assumption that once a forcibly or self-exiled political dissident, journalist or human rights defender escapes the borders of an oppressive regime, their plight ends. Unfortunately, as instances of foreign interference increase in frequency and severity, authoritarian regimes are finding new sophisticated ways to subjugate, silence, intimidate and punish their opponents far beyond their home borders. This is not a rare or... 29/01/2026 | 13:06:53 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear Colleagues, The right to self-determination together with the right of peoples and states to determine their own futures free from external interference is a core principle of international law. In reality, almost the totality of the problems and misery in the Middle East comes as a result of the denial of the principle of self determination at the beginning of the 20th century. At the same time, colonialism and foreign intervention... 09/04/2025 | 19:51:02 Thank you. I wish to thank all the interventions. And what comes out from the interventions is that it is obvious that we need a stronger political will. Governments must treat judgments as opportunities to prove, to reform, and to progress. The second is that national parliaments need to play a more active role in overseeing implementation. Transparency, accountability, and civil society participation are crucial. The third is that we must strengthen the tools at the disposal of the Council... 09/04/2025 | 18:55:48 Thank you, Madam Chair. Friends, This is an important year. This year is the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Convention and the Court are monumental achievements in the history of our continent. Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have led to the release of political prisoners; protections of speech, assembly and association that are the bedrock of democratic life; the decriminalisation of homosexuality; the development of fairer trials; an...
04/06/2026 | Doc. 16421 | Report Fighting back against transnational repression 21/05/2026 | Doc. 16409 | Report Restructuring and streamlining of the Assembly's Rules of Procedure 07/05/2026 | Doc. 16401 | Report Journalism in the context of the Israel-Gaza conflict 21/04/2026 | Doc. 16385 | Report Draft additional protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism 19/03/2025 | Doc. 16134 | Report Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
01/07/2026 | Doc. 16383 | Written declaration Urgent need to protect Syria’s endangered ethnic and religious communities 01/07/2026 | Doc. 16394 | Written declaration Violations against Yulia Tymoshenko 01/07/2026 | Doc. 16428 | Written declaration Türkiye should stop committing transnational repression 19/06/2026 | Doc. 16433 | Motion for a recommendation End Israel’s unlawful detention of Palestinian children 17/06/2026 | Doc. 16428 | Written declaration Türkiye should stop committing transnational repression
02/10/2024 | Doc. 16040, vote on the draft text for resolution The detention and conviction of Julian Assange and their chilling effects on human rights 27/06/2024 | Doc. 16004, vote on the draft text for resolution Call for Varosha’s return to its lawful inhabitants 26/06/2024 | Doc. 15994, vote on the draft text for resolution The honouring of obligations and commitments by Armenia 26/06/2024 | Doc. 15933, vote on the draft text for recommendation Reparation and reconciliation processes to overcome past conflicts and build a common peaceful future – the question of just and equal redress 26/06/2024 | Doc. 15933, vote on the draft text for resolution Reparation and reconciliation processes to overcome past conflicts and build a common peaceful future – the question of just and equal redress