ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NPM IN 2015 Α. ACTIVITIES OF THE NPM 2 March 2015: Submission of a Report on Pafos Detention Centre 28-30 April 2015: Participation in a two-day Conference in Vienna on “Strengthening NPMs” 22 May 2015: Visit to the private Care Home for the Elderly and the disabled “ARIADNE” 26 June 2015: Press Release issued on the occasion of the International Day against Torture. 31 July 2015: Visit to the Lakatamia Detention Centre 31 August 2015: Visit to the State Care Home of Limassol (Home for People with Disabilities) 31 August 2015: Visit to the “Saint Stylianos” Care Home (Home for the Disabled) 4 September 2015: Meeting with the Chief of Police to discuss the access of NGOs to places of detention 10 September 2015: Meeting of NGO Working Group 30 September 2015: Meeting with the NGO “Future Worlds Center”, on alternative measures to detention during deportation November 2015: Exchange of correspondence with the SPT to plan their visit in January 2016 6