This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests in Cyprus including demonstrations, marches, sit-ins, direct actions, and campus encampments in support of Palestinian rights.
List Estimated attendance is either mentioned explicitly in the references or a midpoint is used, i.e., 50 when dozens are mentioned, 500 when hundreds are mentioned, and so on.
Pre-2023 DateCity/townEstimated attendanceDescriptionRef(s)21 July 2014Nicosia500Demonstration outside the Israeli embassy.
2023 DateCity/townEstimated attendanceDescriptionRef(s)15 October 2023Larnaca250Demonstration and march through the city center.19 October 2023Nicosia?March from the Pasydy union building towards the Grivas Dighenis Avenue, close to the Israeli embassy.20 October 2023Nicosia1,000-2,000Demonstration and march through the city center. It was attended by MPs, mayors, the general secretary of AKEL, and the Palestinian ambassador to Cyprus.
2024 DateCity/townEstimated attendanceDescriptionRef(s)14 January 2024Akrotiri300Protest outside at the UK's RAF Akrotiri base after the base was used to launch airstrikes on Gaza and Yemen. The protesters carried a banner demanding a "Ceasefire" while another read "Stop funding genocide".Hundreds of peace protesters rally outside British base in Cyprus Retrieved 16 March 202429 September 2024Akrotiri200Protest outside at the UK's RAF Akrotiri base after the base was used to launch airstrikes on Gaza.5 October 2024Limassol?Protest titled "75 + 1 years of Genocide" on Independence Avenue. Two Israeli disrupters were arrested after allegedly making offensive gestures and verbally abusing protesters.
2025 DateCity/townEstimated attendanceDescriptionRef(s)24 February 2025Nicosia?Demonstration at Eleftheria square and march through the city center. Protesters demanded a ceasefire in Gaza and a cut to all ties with Israel.5 May 2025Nicosia1Hunger strike by activist Louis Allan from an olive tree at the Ayiou Prokopiou roundabout in Engomi. Lasted until 10 May.26 May 2025Nicosia500Demonstration outside the Presidential Palace accusing the government of President Nikos Christodoulides of supporting Israel.6 June 2025Limassol?Disruption of a Municipal Counsil meeting, demanding the condemnation of the genocide in Gaza, cutting ties with Israeli investors, and renounce the relationship with Haifa, its twin city.15 June 2025Limassol500March through the city center.28 September 2025Nicosia?March through the city center.2 October 2025Nicosia500Demonstration outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to protest Israel's interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Ended with riot police intervention, including the use of pepper spray.
2026 DateCity/townEstimated attendanceDescriptionRef(s)18 May 2026Nicosia?Demonstration outside the Presidential Palace against Israel's latest interception of the Global Summud Flotilla.21 May 2026Limassol?Protest outside Limassol Castle against the governments inaction in helping the boats on the Global Summud Flotilla after they sent distress signals.29 June 2026Nicosia150Demonstration outside the Presidential Palace in protest of the Gaza Board of Peace meeting being held in Ayia Napa.11 September 2026Nicosia?Demonstration outside the Presidential Palace against a visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
See also
Gaza war protests Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Lists of pro-Palestinian protests
References