The nation’s watchdogs

It was February 13, 2021, when the slogan “Os Dame” first appeared — a call to protest by eight Cypriot collectives against corruption, division, and state arbitrariness.

The violent crackdown in Kolokasi Park, unprecedented by local standards, sparked one of the largest marches ever seen in the country on the twentieth of February. Ten thousand people took to the streets of Nicosia, chanting against oppression and police brutality. All this unfolded against the backdrop of the Golden...