2012欧锦赛遭抵制——体育还是政治？
（文本为视频大致内容，可能与视频并非完全一致，欢迎大家贡献听写稿^^）A number of European leaders say they plan to boycott the Euro 2012 football tournament next month in Ukraine to protest the alleged mistreatment of the country's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is currently in jail. A new report also raises concerns about the conduct of the Ukrainian police, just as the country prepares for the arrival of soccer fans from across Europe.
May Day brought communist demonstrators onto the streets Tuesday in Kiev - as news of the threatened Euro 2012 boycott spread. Marchers voiced their support for Yulia Tymoshenko and for the boycott - 15-year-old Serhiy was among them.
"It is not right, of course, what they are doing with Yulia Tymoshenko," he said. "Everybody needs to sort it out, and that she is being defended by the European Union is right."
Photos show former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is on a hunger strike, with bruises on her arms and stomach that she says were inflicted by prison guards - a charge the government denies. She is serving a seven-year sentence for abuse of office, charges she says are politically motivated.
The photos prompted several European leaders and ministers, among them the entire Dutch government and the president of the European Commission, to pledge a boycott of next month's Euro 2012 soccer matches in Ukraine.
Germany's Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen urged others to join.
"At the moment I do not think it is feasible for ministers or state prime ministers to take part as visitors because I fear this poses the danger of justification of a regime, a dictatorial regime," said Roettgen.
Other European leaders, including the foreign ministers of Germany and Sweden, have rejected calls for a boycott.
Ukraine analyst Orysia Lutsevych, of the London-based research group Chatham House, says a boycott would hurt all Ukrainians.
"I think there could be better ways around sending a signal and putting pressure on the government other than a boycott," said Lutsevych. "By having so many journalists in the country and by having so many celebrities in the country we can raise an issue of human rights and democracy in another way."
As Ukraine rushes to complete its new stadiums in time for June, the government hopes Euro 2012 will be a showcase for the country with up to a million visitors expected.
But a new report is raising concerns about the the conduct of the Ukrainian police force.
Max Tucker of human-rights group Amnesty International points to CCTV footage posted on the Internet, allegedly showing police beating a man in a bar before forcing him to hand over $2,500. Tucker says the police service needs urgent reform.
"Police are torturing people in order to extract a confession, in order to kind of extort money or simply because of the ethnicity or sexual orientation of the person that they have in custody," said Tucker.
Opinion across Europe appears divided; some argue a Euro 2012 boycott would serve to raise awareness of alleged abuses in Ukraine, while others say the presence of so many foreign journalists and visitors will put a spotlight on the country, perhaps leading to change.
东方网5月1日消息：目前距离波兰、乌克兰两国联合主办的2012年欧洲足球锦标赛开幕只有一个多月的时间了，但随着乌克兰反对党领导人季莫申科事件持续发酵、乌克兰东部城市发生连环爆炸案，以及德国、欧盟部分政治家呼吁抵制本届欧锦赛，政治因素正在介入体育赛事，本届欧锦赛的前景也因此蒙上了一层阴影。本网连线了中国国际广播之声驻波兰记者赵远方。
季莫申科受到审判是乌克兰国内的事情，为什么部分欧洲国家的领导人却因此要抵制欧锦赛呢？
记者：去年10月，乌克兰前总理、反对党领导人季莫申科因滥用职权被判入狱7年。4月19号，针对她的另一项有关逃税的指控开始预审，如果罪名成立，季莫申科刑期最多可再延长12年。第二天，季莫申科声称遭到监狱人员殴打，并进行绝食抗议，她的女儿随后向德国“呼救”。德国总统高克、捷克总统克劳斯之后相继宣布取消参加原定于5月份在乌克兰雅尔塔举行的中欧总统峰会。德国环境部长罗特根、德国社会民主党主席加布里尔、欧盟委员会负责司法事物的委员雷丁则先后宣布抵制本届欧锦赛，并呼吁其他欧洲政治家采取相同措施。德国负责体育事务的内政部长弗里德里希表示，只有在乌克兰政府允许他探望季莫申科之后，他才会前往乌克兰观战德国队的比赛。而据德国媒体报道，如果季莫申科不能在欧锦赛开幕之前获得释放，总理默克尔将建议她的内阁成员取消出席欧锦赛开幕式以及所有在乌克兰举行的比赛。
还有一些政治家甚至呼吁取消乌克兰的欧锦赛主办权。德国经济与合作发展部副部长柯普表示，原定由乌克兰主办的比赛应该转移到波兰或者第三国举行。德国拜仁慕尼黑足球俱乐部总经理霍内斯则呼吁，欧足联主席普拉蒂尼应该凭借自己的影响力向乌克兰政府施加压力，尽快释放季莫申科。
主持人：另外日前乌克兰发生了连环爆炸案，这又会不会对本届赛事造成影响？
记者：乌克兰东部第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克市日前发生的连环爆炸案，让很多球迷对乌克兰能否确保本届欧锦赛的安全产生了担忧。虽然很多专家认为爆炸案很可能不是针对欧锦赛，而是与季莫申科事件有关，但爆炸案对一个多月后的欧锦赛的安保提出了更严峻的挑战。第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克虽然并不承办欧锦赛的比赛，但距离其中一个承办城市顿涅茨克只有不到200公里，而且欧锦赛奖杯巡回展也定于5月21号在这里举行。乌克兰足协主席苏尔基斯认为，欧锦赛开幕在即，袭击者企图“不惜一切代价破坏赛事，破坏乌克兰的国际形象”。爆炸案也让另一个主办国波兰大为紧张，总理图斯克表示，这样的连环爆炸在东欧非常罕见，波兰将提高警惕，以最慎重的态度对待此事。
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