巴林国王已下令将于6月1日起解除全国紧急状态。3月开始实施的国家紧急状态旨在平息反政府示威活动。自2月抗议活动爆发以来,造成至少30人死亡。Richard Galpin报道。
The order which was announced on state media in Bahrain comes after a brutal crackdown by the security forces, which has stopped the protest movement by members of the majority Shiite community. Hundreds of activists have been rounded up since the state of emergency was imposed in mid-March. Several are alleged to have been killed while in police custody. Military courts have already sentenced four men to death. And on Sunday, 21 others, including opposition leaders, were charged with trying to overthrow the monarchy.
多数什叶派民众发动反政府示威活动,安全部队采取了残忍的镇压后,巴林国家媒体宣布的这则命令。自从3月中旬实施紧急状态以来,数百名积极分子遭到围捕。据说,有好多人在警察拘留期间死亡。军事法院判处四人死罪。周日,包括反对派领导在内的21个人被指控企图推翻君主制。
北约称单靠军事手段不能解决利比亚冲突
The head of the NATO military alliance Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said he is optimistic that time is running out for the Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi. Mr Fogh Rasmussen said that Colonel Gaddafi had been stopped in his tracks, but he said the conflict in Libya required a political, rather than a military solution.