Oman News：Peace restored in Liwa 重新建立Liwa的和諧

八月第四周時事
Peace restored in Liwa 重新建立Liwa的和諧
http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-21381.aspx
byRejimon K  August 24, 2013 , 9 : 41 am
 Photo: The demonstrators, both men and women, wearing traditional Omani clothes, protested with placards in their hands on a dirt road outside the Sohar port.
看圖說故事：示威者不論男女穿著阿曼傳統服飾，手舉標語站在的Sohar 港口外佈滿汙泥的道路上。

Muscat:  Police dispersed a group of demonstrators who had blocked a part of the port in Sohar on Thursday, activists reported.
在星期四參與活動者表示：警察驅散成群的示威者，因為他們已經造成港口部分交通癱瘓了。

According to sources and activists, the group was protesting against industrial pollution that is posing a health hazard for those living in Liwa. Eyewitnesses told Times of Oman that the demonstrators, both men and women, wearing traditional Omani clothes, protested with placards in their hands on a dirt road outside the Sohar port. "We have been breathing poison. Have mercy on us, we want clean air," read one placard carried by a young man, one of the eyewitnesses said.
根據資料顯示，這群示威者不滿工業污染造成生活在Liwa地區居民的健康危害。目擊者告訴Times，這群遊行隊伍不分男女，穿著傳統的阿曼服飾，手舉抗議標語站在Sohar港口外汙泥的道路上。「我們已經受夠呼吸毒氣，請憐憫我們，我們想要呼吸新鮮空氣。」目擊者說一名年輕人手舉標語寫道。

The Monitor of Human Rights in Oman, an independent organisation, also uploaded a picture of the protest on its Facebook page.
阿曼人權組織，非政府獨立機關，也上傳抗義照片在Facebook的首頁。

Meanwhile, the news agency Reuters, quoting an activist from the scene, reported that tear gas shells were fired to disperse the demonstrators. The report also claimed that some activists later posted pictures of white clouds of what they said was "tear gas", and photos of demonstrators running from the scene.
同一時間，一名新聞記者Reuters採訪現場參與活動者，他指出那些催淚彈被釋放以驅趕示威的人們。同時宣稱一些參與活動的人拍下白色煙霧的催淚彈以及逃逸四處的抗議群眾。

According to the activists quoted by Reuters, Talib Al Mamari, a member of the country's consultative Shura council, was among several people "slightly injured" when police broke up the protest.
根據Reuters採訪的民眾：當警察開始強制驅離時，Talib Al Mamari，一位來自Shura的地方議員也列入“輕傷”人員名單。

In October 2012, a similar protest was held in Liwa and reported by Times of Oman.
2012十月，Times也報導過類似的抗議事件發生在Liwa。

At that time, more than 200 residents of the wilayat of Liwa staged a protest in front of the Wali's office, amid tight security. The residents of Liwa were demanding action from the authorities to address the "pollution problem" created by industries located in the port area. The Liwa residents demanded the sacking of local officials and an immediate solution to the pollution problem, which they claimed has taken a severe toll on the health of residents and even forced some residents to leave villages located near the port.
當時超過200名Liwa地區的居民在嚴密的安全監控下於地區首長辦公室前舉行抗議活動。

Cancer cases up癌症比例上升
Many residents of the villages have complained of respiratory problems, claiming that cancer cases are also on the rise. According to the residents, some of these villages have been abandoned because of increasing fears of health hazards.
許多當地居民已經有呼吸系統的問題，並宣稱癌症比例正不斷攀升，根據居民表示，有一些村民已經搬遷到其他地方因為害怕健康遭受威脅。

The residents said they would continue to protest until their demands are met by authorities.
當地居民表示他們將會繼續抗爭，直到他們的訴求被當局看見。

The Royal directives are clear about relocating those affected by pollution from the Sohar Port area to other areas as soon as possible, but the residents said that the authorities were delaying their rehabilitation.
皇家指令已經頒布，Sohar港的汙染源將會盡速清除並搬離，但居民說政府當局不斷延遲動作。