Pride marches held worldwide in support of LGBTQ+ communities
Pride parades took place across the world over the weekend in support of LGBTQ+ rights. From New York to Madrid, marchers filled the streets with music and calls for equality. Many carried messages of protest, highlighting ongoing discrimination and growing political pressure in several countries. In Istanbul, police detained more than 50 people as they tried to take part in a Pride March, which authorities had banned as part of a years-long clampdown on LGBTQ+ events, an opposition politician said
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UK court upholds Cayman Islands law legalising same-sex partnerships
A court in London has upheld a Cayman Islands law legalising same-sex civil partnerships, in a move that campaigners say could turn the tide for other British overseas territories battling for LGBTQ+ rights. On Monday, the privy council, the final court of appeal for the British overseas territory, rejected an appeal that had argued the Caribbean island's governor had no right to enact the bill, after lawmakers had rejected similar legislation. Leonardo Raznovich, acting president for the LGBTQ+ human rights organisation, Colours Caribbean, described the outcome of the long-running legal battle a 'victory for all'. The change in the law came in 2020 following a landmark court case brought by a lesbian couple – Caymanian lawyer Chantelle Day and her partner Vickie Bodden Bush, a nurse – after they were refused permission to marry. Day said the decision was a 'big relief'. 'It's an absolute relief that us and other couples in the Caymans now have the certainty that the legal framework that we all relied on for recognition of our relationships won't be pulled from underneath us and that the constitution works the way it's intended to,' she said. When the couple made their original case, the Cayman Islands' courts ultimately ruled that the right to marry extended only to opposite-sex couples, but that same-sex couples were entitled to legal protection 'which is functionally equivalent to marriage'. A bill was brought to parliament to put that protection into law, but lawmakers rejected it in July 2020 by nine votes to eight. Two months later, the then-governor, Martyn Roper, enacted the Civil Partnership Law, allowing same-sex civil partnerships, saying the action had to be taken to uphold human rights. Kattina Anglin, a lawyer based in the Cayman Islands, argued that Roper did not have the power to introduce the law under the Cayman Islands' constitution. But her case was rejected by the islands' courts and her final appeal was dismissed by the privy council. Raznovich said the decision could have implications for ongoing litigation in other British overseas territories, such as Turks and Caicos, and the British Virgin Islands. But he was less confident about the impact on cases involving independent Caribbean countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, which still have colonial era laws that criminalise consensual anal sex and where same-sex marriages and civil partnerships are prohibited. In 2018, a high court judgment repealed Trinidad and Tobago's so-called 'buggery law', but in April the country's supreme court upheld a government appeal against the ruling and recriminalised the act, forcing campaigners to take their case to the privy council. Controversial 'savings clauses', which typically were created when countries gained their independence, and were designed to preserve colonial laws unless they are changed by parliament, complicates the situation in Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean countries. Anglin told the Guardian she would provide a response to the decision on Thursday when she has had the time to fully review the judgment and meet with her legal team. Reuters contributed reporting
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- Reuters
Turkey detains 2 cartoonists over satirical drawing depicting Moses and Muhammad
ISTANBUL, June 30 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities on Monday detained two cartoonists over a satirical drawing published by weekly magazine Leman that seemed to depict Prophets Moses and Muhammad shaking hands in the sky, while missiles flew below in a scene resembling war. The cartoon, widely seen as a commentary on religious harmony in contrast to conflict on Earth, drew strong condemnation from government officials and religious conservatives. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya shared a video on X showing police officers detaining cartoonist Dogan Pehlevan and dragging him up the stairs of a building with his hands cuffed behind his back. "I once again curse those who try to sow discord by drawing caricatures of our Prophet Muhammad," Yerlikaya wrote. "The individual who drew this vile image, D.P., has been apprehended and taken into custody. These shameless people will be held accountable before the law." Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said an investigation had been launched under Article 216 of the Turkish Penal Code, which criminalises incitement to hatred and enmity, and that detention orders had been issued for four people in total. In its statement on X, the Leman magazine apologised to readers who felt offended and said the cartoon had been misunderstood. It said Pehlevan had sought to highlight "the suffering of a Muslim man killed in Israeli attacks", and that there was no intent to insult Islam or its prophet. "The name Muhammad is among the most widely used in the world by Muslims honoring the Prophet. The cartoon does not depict the Prophet and was not drawn to mock religious values," the magazine said, calling some interpretations "deliberately malicious." Leman also urged judicial authorities to act against what it called a smear campaign, and asked security forces to protect freedom of expression. Earlier in the evening, video footage on social media showed a group of protesters marching to Leman's office building in central Istanbul, chanting slogans and kicking its entrance doors. Turkey's ranking for freedom of expression is consistently low, reflecting significant restrictions on media and public discourse. Reporters Without Borders ranks Turkey 158th out of 180 countries in its 2024 Press Freedom Index.
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2 hours ago
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Australia news live: Greens welcome investigation into Hannah Thomas incident; NSW coast braced for low
Update: Date: 2025-06-30T20:54:47.000Z Title: Bureau of Meteorology Content: In a weather warning issued at 11pm on Monday night, the said a vigorous coastal low was developing offshore to bring damaging, locally destructive winds and possible heavy rainfall over central and northern NSW from Tuesday. At 4.10am on Tuesday it repeated warnings of storm force winds for the Macquarie coast and Hunter coast, a gales warning for Sydney enclosed waters, Sydney coast, Illawarra coast and Batemans coast. There was also a warning of strong winds for the Byron coast, Coffs coast and Eden coast. Read our explainer to find out what is in store: Update: Date: 2025-06-30T20:53:50.000Z Title: Greens welcome critical incident investigation into injury of pro-Palestine protester Content: The NSW Greens justice spokesperson, Sue Higginson, has welcomed the declaration of a critical incident investigation after a woman was injured at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney. Hannah Thomas, who ran against the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, in the Sydney seat of Grayndler at the federal election, was arrested at the protest attended by about 60 people in Belmore on Friday morning before she was taken to hospital. Thomas – who has said she could lose sight in her right eye after the arrest – was charged with resisting police. Police yesterday announced they had declared a critical incident, meaning the force will undertake an investigation into the conduct of the officers who were involved. Critical incident investigations are triggered when a death or serious injury has occurred during a person's interaction with NSW police. In a statement last night, Higginson said she welcomed the police move, adding: This must be recognised as the minimum requirement … This cannot just be left as police investigating police. It concerns me deeply that the police in announcing the critical incident have referred to the protest at Belmore 'unauthorised'. It's important to remember people do not need authorisation to hold a protest. To do so would mean we really do live in a police state. Thomas has also criticised the Minns government's 'draconian anti-protest laws', which give police broad powers to issue move on orders outside places of worship whether or not the protest is directed at the place of worship. Minns and the police have denied that the laws were used in this instance. Update: Date: 2025-06-30T20:48:35.000Z Title: Welcome Content: Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I'm Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then Rafqa Touma will be taking over. It looks like a busy morning for emergency services down the New South Wales coast with high winds and rain forecast to sweep in during the morning. The Bureau of Meteorology said last night 'a vigorous coastal low was developing offshore to bring damaging, locally destructive winds and possible heavy rainfall'. More coming up. And the NSW Greens justice spokesperson, Sue Higginson, has welcomed the declaration of a critical incident investigation after the Greens' former candidate for Grayndler, Hannah Thomas, was injured at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney. More coming up.
