Bahrain F1 security stepped up as practice runs begin
20 April 2012 Last updated at 03:22 GMT
Authorities in Bahrain have tightened security ahead of practice sessions for
Sunday's Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Anti-government protesters have promised three days of demonstrations to
coincide with the event.
On Wednesday night, Force India team members were forced to flee as petrol
bombs were thrown near their car on their way back from the track.
The four mechanics in a 4x4 were caught in the middle of an incident as
police clashed with protesters.
Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, only decided to go ahead with this
weekend's race at the last minute.
'Down F1'
Bahrain has seen protests against the ruling Sunni al-Khalifa clan for more
than a year. Last year's F1 was cancelled after 35 people, including five
police, were killed in demonstrations.
There has been pressure from activists outside and inside Bahrain for the
lucrative event to be called off this year as well.
"Formula One in Bahrain has been taken as PR for the ruling elite, the
repressive dictators who are ruling the country," said human rights activist
Nabeel Rajab at a news conference.
Earlier in the week, Bahraini security forces fired stun grenades at
protesters outside a cultural exhibition in Manama.
"A number of rioters and vandals had been arrested for taking part in illegal
rallies and gatherings, blocking roads and endangering people's lives by
attacking them with petrol bombs, iron rods and stones," the Information
Affairs Authority said in a statement, citing Maj-Gen Tariq Al Hassan.
A local journalist told the BBC the demonstrators in Old Manama were shouting
"Down, down, F1" and demanding the release of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, an
activist who has been on hunger strike in prison for more than two months.
Bahrain's ruling royal family are being pressured to improve human rights and
make reforms by the majority Shia population, who accuse the minority ruling
Sunnis of discrimination.
新聞來源：http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17781138
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大意:
反政府抗議人士嗆聲要舉行為期三天的示威活動，並且提到印度威力工程師遇到汽油彈
攻擊。
所以巴林方面要在練習時起提高安全層級，而FIA目前的決定是週末賽事如期
很久沒看英文了，如有誤解原文的地方敬請糾正 Orz
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