2026-09-27T07:38:42-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
英国首相安迪·伯纳姆周日呼吁北爱尔兰保持克制，此前贝尔法斯特高等法院在深夜庭审中批准了一场极具争议的游行。
数千名抗议者——其中许多人戴着巴拉克拉法帽——阻拦了奥兰治兄弟会的游行队伍，迫使游行推迟。奥兰治兄弟会是一个强烈支持北爱尔兰留在英国的团体，他们原本计划在波塔当镇的一条街道上行进，而该镇有不少民众支持与爱尔兰共和国统一。
“我真希望我们不必陷入这种境地——我真希望我们不必重新翻旧账，”北爱尔兰事务大臣克里斯·布莱恩特告诉BBC新闻。
这是近30年来奥兰治兄弟会的游行首次获准沿加瓦吉路行进。在1998年《贝尔法斯特协议》基本结束北爱尔兰流血冲突之前的多年里，加瓦吉路一直是两派社区之间臭名昭著的冲突热点。在所谓的“ troubles ”（北爱尔兰问题）期间，约有3600人丧生，约5万人受伤。
结束北爱尔兰问题意味着要平衡北爱尔兰境内相互对立的身份认同。在爱尔兰其余地区于一个世纪前获得独立后，北爱尔兰仍留在英国境内。北部的爱尔兰民族主义者（大多为天主教徒）寻求与爱尔兰共和国统一，而大多为新教徒的统一主义者则希望继续留在英国。
伯纳姆呼吁游行相关各方“保持冷静”，他表示北爱尔兰已经“取得了重大进展，我们绝不希望看到局势倒退”。
北爱尔兰警察局局长乔恩·鲍彻呼吁“有影响力的人士鼓励民众遵守法律”，他此番表态针对的是封堵加瓦吉路的大规模抗议活动。他表示目前没有出现暴力或骚乱的迹象。
“警方正与所有各方接触并开展合作，并且将持续这么做。在这样的时刻，我们所有人都有责任团结起来，尽一切努力维护北爱尔兰的和平。”
代表两派的政界人士对游行是否应当举行持有截然相反的观点。
北爱尔兰首席大臣米歇尔·奥尼尔代表新芬党——该政党历史上与爱尔兰共和军有关联——表示，批准游行的决定“让人质疑整个和平进程是如何运作的”。
“奥兰治兄弟会以及那些想要把我们拖回过去的政治统一主义者的所作所为，让过去28年取得的进展受到了质疑，”她在加瓦吉路的反游行活动现场说道。
北爱尔兰最大的亲英政党民主统一党领袖加文·罗宾逊指责新芬党领导人激化了局势。
“法治不能只在新芬党认可结果时才生效，”他说，“我们的各项机构的根基是尊重警方、法院和法治。”
这场游行在周日凌晨2点15分结束的法庭庭审中获得最终批准。
奥兰治兄弟会得名于奥兰治的威廉——17世纪荷兰的新教亲王，他击败了天主教国王詹姆斯二世，夺取了英国王位。
Controversial Northern Ireland march set to be held for first time since Good Friday Agreement
2026-09-27T07:38:42-0400 / CBS/AP
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm in Northern Ireland on Sunday after a contentious parade was given the go-ahead by the High Court in Belfast in a late-night sitting.
Thousands of protesters, many wearing balaclavas, delayed the march as they blocked the Orange Order, a group hugely supportive of Northern Ireland being part of the U.K., from proceeding down a street in the town of Portadown, where many favor unification with the Republic of Ireland.
“I wish we weren’t in this position — I wish we weren’t looking at relitigating things of the past,” Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Bryant told BBC News.
It’s the first time in nearly 30 years that the Orange Order parade has been allowed to go down the Garvaghy Road, which had been a notorious flashpoint between the communities in the years before the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 largely ended the bloodshed in Northern Ireland. During the so-called Troubles, some 3,600 people were killed while some 50,000 were wounded.
Ending the Troubles meant balancing competing identities in Northern Ireland, which remained in the United Kingdom when the rest of Ireland won independence a century ago. Irish nationalists in the north — most of them Catholic — seek union with the Republic of Ireland, while largely Protestant unionists want to stay part of the U.K.
Burnham appealed for “calm on all sides” over the parade, saying there have been “big gains made in Northern Ireland, and we don’t want to see things go backwards.”
Jon Boutcher, the head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, called for “those with influence to encourage people to comply with the law,” referring to a large protest blocking the Garvaghy Road. He said there have been no signs of violence or disorder.
“Police are engaging and working with all parties and will continue to do so. It is incumbent on us all to come together at times like this to do all we can to preserve a peaceful Northern Ireland.”
Politicians representing the two sides were opposed in their viewpoints on whether the march should go ahead.
Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill, who represents Sinn Féin, the party historically linked to the Irish Republican Army, said the decision to give the march the go-ahead “brings into question how this whole peace process works.”
“The progress of the last 28 years have been brought into question by the actions of the Orange Order and those within political unionism that want to drag us backwards,” she said while attending the counterprotest on the Garvaghy Road.
Gavin Robinson, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, the largest pro-U.K. party in Northern Ireland, called out Sinn Féin leaders for inflaming the situation.
“The rule of law cannot apply only when Sinn Féin likes the outcome,” he said. “Our institutions are founded on respect for the police, the courts and the rule of law.”
The march was given the final go-ahead at a court hearing concluded at 2:15 a.m. Sunday.
The Orange Order is named after William of Orange, a Protestant prince of Holland who defeated the Catholic King James to take over the British throne in the 17th century.
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