Twilight News Edition 274
Edition 274, 27 June 2022
UN CONVERSE REGARDING THE FUTURE OF OCEAN HEALTH
By Ishana Katriar
The UN is hosting a conference in Lisbon to discuss the future and health of oceans which is rapidly decreasing in terms of climate change. Marine ecosystems are being harmed every day, and this conference is made in hopes to salvage that.
There are many factors which lead to ocean pollution. Ranging from human waste (like industrial, fertilisers, chemicals, plastics and more) to harmful cargo shipments, the oceans are currently in a detonating state. The disposal of this waste is going to leas to ocean pollution and affect environments all over the globe.
The UN branch will be discussing plausible solutions and will discuss in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference has started today. The UN has informed media that several international summits will take place in order to promote healthy oceans.
With many of the global issues that we are facing today, this doesn’t seem as essential. Oceans generate more than 50% of the oxygen that we breathe and provide essential tools to billions. UNESCO is asking countries around the world to unlock science solutions that can make an impact. Oceans are also absorbing a lot of CO2 pollution, which is going to harm all kinds of species.
The aim is to unlock solutions that is going to help the environmental crisis happening in the world right now.
ISTANBUL PRIDE ORGANISERS BANNED FROM HOLDING PRIDE EVENTS
By Fiona Jhaveri
Istanbul’s LGBTQ Pride organisers say more than 360 people were detained by police Sunday following a ban on all Pride events.
Kaos GL, a leading LGBTQ rights association, said all the detained were being freed Monday after giving their police statement and undergoing health checks. Some were released overnight.
District governors in the two popular Istanbul districts of Beyoglu and Kadikoy outlawed all LGBTQ events last week, saying the ban would to ensure safety, peace and prevent crime. Numerous streets and subway stations were closed off by police Sunday to stop protesters from gathering. Police also pushed and detained journalists.
Amnesty Turkey said the ban was “extremely harsh” and “arbitrary.” The rights group’s Turkey campaigner, Milena Buyum, tweeted that the detained individuals were “deprived of their liberty simple because they were exercising their rights” to freedom of expression and assembly.
Turkish authorities allowed Pride marches to take place for more than a decade starting in 2003, when Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan served as prime minister. Up to 100,000 people attended Istanbul Pride in 2014.
But in 2015, police dispersed crowds using tear gas and water cannons after a last-minute ban. The march has been banned ever since and top Turkish officials have called LGBTQ people “perverts” who aim to hurt traditional family values.
Compiled and Edited by Saachi Mehra