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面对弗洛伊德之死和特朗普的举动,英国首相和加拿大总理的回应大不一样……

来源:21英语网
作者:21ST
日期:2020-06-04

美国警察涉嫌暴力执法致非裔男子乔治•弗洛伊德死亡事件引发的抗议,已蔓延至全球多个国家。

据《卫报》报道,当地时间6月3日,英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊在疫情例行记者会上,被问及弗洛伊德死亡事件时,约翰逊说:“我们哀悼乔治·弗洛伊德,我对他的遭遇感到震惊和厌恶。”


视频来源:观察者网

约翰逊进一步表示:“我想向特朗普总统和美国的每一个人传达以下信息:种族主义和种族主义暴力在我们的社会中没有立足之地。”

Boris Johnson has told Donald Trump: “Racism and racist violence has no place in our society”. Responding to a question at the daily UK coronavirus briefing, Johnson said he was “appalled and sickened” by footage of George Floyd being killed by a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on his neck last week. 

约翰逊还表示:“我确实认为人们有权抗议,来表达他们对不公的感受,比如对乔治·弗洛伊德的遭遇。”

“I do think that people have a right to protest, to make their feelings known about injustices such as what happened to George Floyd. “

不过,在新冠疫情仍为严峻的背景下,约翰逊呼吁民众在和平抗议的同时要遵守社交隔离的规定。

But Johnson urged people to protest peacefully and in accordance with social distancing rules,“I would urge people to protest peacefully and in accordance with the rules on social distancing.”  

据BBC报道,当天,至少有15000人无视社交隔离规定,聚集在伦敦海德公园为弗洛伊德之死发声抗议。




图源:BBC

而就在前一天,加拿大总理特鲁多在记者会上,被问及如何看待特朗普强力驱散示威者并威胁动用军队。之后,特鲁多陷入沉默整整21秒,最终回避了问题,对特朗普只字未提……


视频来源:新华网客户端

特鲁多称,“我们都惊恐地看着美国所发生的一切(We all watch with horror what’s going on in the United States...)”,同时特鲁多承认加拿大也存在制度性种族歧视(systemic discrimination),“现在是时候该意识到,我们也面临着挑战(It is a time for us as Canadians to recognize that we too have our challenges)”。



The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, was silent for 21 seconds in reaction to a question on Donald Trump's handling of protests across the US over the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer.

Trudeau said Canada also had to face up to 'systemic discrimination' and become allies against it.

综合来源:卫报,BBC,新华网客户端,观察者网

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