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【今日话题】北京警方突袭同性恋聚集点,几十人被盘问
Beijing police raid gay spot, question dozens
北京警方突袭同性恋聚集点,几十人受质问
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译 者:miaosi58
北京-一位政治活动分子周二说北京警方突袭了一处男同性恋常去的户外活动场所,并且在周末抽取了几十人配合质问调查,这是作为国庆节前安全扫查的一部分。
警察在周六和周日夜袭海淀区的某公园,带走了至少80名男同性恋,一个北京同志运动工作组的项目经理郭子阳(音译)说,这个工作组是一个促进同性恋权利的非政府团体。
郭说男子被带去警察局受质问并被要求出示身份证,他已经采访过其中的几名男子。他还补充说谣传有几名男子被带去验血了。
北京公安局没有对传真的问题清单作出回应。
环球时报援引公安局发言人訾向东(音译)的话,说该行动是每年国庆前的例行安全检查。但他并没有说那些被带走的人是依据什么规定。
该报引用目击证人的话说警务人员和特警队的大约20辆汽车挤满了牡丹园公园。
美国的中国艾滋病活动家,北京爱知行研究所的创始人万延海说他的小组“强烈谴责”此次袭击。万声称这次袭击是非常无礼、暴力、缺乏法律依据的行为。
万敦促警方尽快释放被带走的人并且进行道歉。
中国的同性恋自1949年共产主义革命以来一直被认为是从西方腐朽封建社会来的,维护同性恋权利走了很长的一段路,同性恋人长期以来受到迫害。鸡奸合法化是在1997年,同性恋被正式从精神障碍的名单中删除是在2001年。
但是,同性恋仍然是一个敏感话题,同性恋者常常受到歧视和排斥。
中国当局经常在国家性的特别纪念日前在首都进行严密的安全检查,例如国庆节,国庆节节后会有一个星期的假期。
去年,在国庆六十周年之际,西藏对外国游客关闭,带枪的特警队员散布在北京的人群之中,活跃分子的集合甚至放风筝在首都都是被禁止的。2008年北京奥运会之前的安全检查也非常严格。
中国计划在假期期间关闭与吉尔吉斯斯坦接壤的边境,一名在中亚国家边界某港口工作的王姓男子说,虽然他不知道是否边界真的会被关闭。
【原文】
BEIJING – Beijing police raided a popular outdoor hangout for gay men and took dozens in for questioning over the weekend as part of a security sweep ahead of China's National Day holiday, an activist said Tuesday.
At least 80 gay men were taken away from a park in the capital's Haidian district by police during night raids on Saturday and Sunday, said Guo Ziyang, a project manager with the Beijing Working Group of Gay Movement, a non-governmental group that promotes gay rights.
The men were brought to the police station where they were questioned and asked to show their identity cards, said Guo, who interviewed several of the men. He added that there were rumors that some men were made to take blood tests.
Beijing's Public Security Bureau did not immediately respond to a faxed list of questions.
The Global Times newspaper cited Zi Xiangdong, a spokesman with the bureau, as saying the campaign was part of the city's annual security inspection ahead of the National Day holiday. He did not say what regulations the men who were taken away were suspected of violating, the paper said.
Police officers and SWAT teams swarmed the Mudanyuan Park in about 20 vehicles, the paper said, citing witnesses.
U.S.-based Chinese AIDS activist Wan Yanhai, founder of the Beijing Aizhixing Institute, said his group "strongly condemned" the raid. Wan said in a statement the raid was "extremely rude, violent and lacking in legal basis."
Wan urged police to release all individuals taken away from the park and issue an apology.
Gay rights in China have come a long way since the years just after the 1949 communist revolution when homosexuality was considered a disease from the decadent West and feudal societies, and gay people were persecuted. Sodomy was decriminalized in 1997, and homosexuality was finally removed from the official list of mental disorders in 2001.
But homosexuality remains a sensitive topic and gays are frequently discriminated against and ostracized.
Chinese authorities often blanket the country's capital with tight security ahead of special anniversaries such as the Oct. 1 National Day, which is followed by a weeklong holiday.
Last year, ahead of the 60th anniversary of communist rule, Tibet was closed to foreign tourists, submachine gun-toting SWAT units were mixing among crowds in Beijing, activists were rounded up and even kite-flying was banned in the capital. Security was also tightened in 2008 ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
China plans to close its border with Kyrgyzstan during the holiday period, said a man surnamed Wang at the Yierkeshitan Port on the border with the Central Asian country, although he did not know when exactly the border would be closed.
以下是国际网友的评论,大家看过来!~~
Yaewah
我在中国的时候注意到一件事情就是中国有很多同性恋。好像大多数亚洲人对此很开放。不想穆斯林们。
DemNoMore
中国终于做出了一件正确的事情了!
Philly Guy
美国也应该这么做。
Al Kinda
应该看看正面,至少他们不会生小孩啊。
Korean Måssåge Girl
中国讨厌男同性恋和女同性恋。
这可能就是未来中国会比美国更成功的原因吧。
Greg
我打赌有些人会在被拘留期间消失。
Karl M
中国需要接受男同性恋,因为在他们国家男女比例是114:100。多出来的14个弟兄就需要通过别的方式解决了。
SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM
什么?!今年天安门广场不会有五彩缤纷的队列检阅?!
Nicholas
中国,恐吓人民共和国。
TimH
至少中国人知道如何对待同性恋。
Dan The Man
伊朗人是幸运的,因为伊朗没有男同性恋。 |
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