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发帖数: 1883 | 1 Unrest in Britain has spread to more cities as citizens and students took to
the streets demanding accountability in the wake of a recent death of a
teenager by the British state police. British state TV BBC has labeled the
recent protests "riots" and state security apparatus has vowed to crack down
hard on what they claim to be "violent looters and hooligans". Interviews
with ordinary British citizens on the streets, however, reveal a different
picture - most of the interviewees, who wished to remain anonymous fearing
retaliation - tell reporters that these protests are genuine demands for
government accountability and is, in a larger sense, a response to the
perceived corruption and incompetence and authoritarian rule of the
government.
Reports are surfacing that Facebook and Twitter are now being monitored by
the British government in an attempt to quell protests. Last week BBC quoted
London police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Kavanagh as saying: "
Social media and other methods have been used to organise these levels of
greed and criminality." He described some messages posted on social media
sites as "really inflammatory, inaccurate" and said police would consider
arresting people using Twitter in relation to incitement to violence. (from
British state TV: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14442935)
In the wake of recent demonstrations across Libya and the UK, the Chinese
foreign ministry has called for a peaceful resolution to the demonstration, and
expressed the Chinese govt's solidarity with the British people. | O******6
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