7 October 2014
Around 20-25 men detained at Menoyia Detention Centre went on a hunger strike on Monday, in protest over their prolonged detention.
“Some of us have been here for three months, some for six and there are even guys who are here for a year and a half,” one of the hunger strikers told the Cyprus Mail, adding that they will not back down until the interior ministry addresses their cases.
“We want answers. We want answers about what is going on here,” he said. The hungers strikers are housed at the B-Wing in Menoyia. No inmates from other wings have joined the protest.
Almost all hunger strikers come from non-EU countries, with the exception of two Greek nationals.
