贝尔法斯特，10月8日——据爱尔兰民族主义政党新芬党称，北爱尔兰警方已与该党代表取得联系，就一起持续近两周的抗议活动展开调查。这场抗议导致一场新教徒游行无法穿过天主教徒聚居区。
BELFAST, Oct 8 - Northern Irish police have contacted representatives of Sinn Fein in relation to their investigation into a protest that has blocked a Protestant parade from marching through a Catholic area for almost two weeks, the Irish nationalist party said.
包括新芬党北爱尔兰首席部长米歇尔·奥尼尔以及党领袖玛丽·卢·麦克唐纳在内的数千名抗议者，聚集在天主教徒聚居的加瓦吉路上。此前，自1998年该游行路线被禁止后，今年9月26日首次获准通行。
Thousands of protesters, including Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Fein and party leader Mary Lou McDonald, gathered on the Catholic Garvaghy Road to stop the September 26 march after it was allowed to proceed for the first time since the contentious route was banned in 1998.
自《贝尔法斯特协议》基本终结了持续三十年的北爱尔兰冲突以来，奥兰治会每年试图沿此路线游行的行为都会在该英治地区引发骚乱。警方已对这场被认定为非法的抗议活动展开调查，并于周四表示，在锁定涉嫌违法人员后，将向他们发送面谈通知。
Annual attempts by the Orange Order to march through the area triggered unrest across the British-run region before the route was banned the same year the Good Friday Agreement largely ended the three decades of violence known as the "Troubles." Police opened an investigation into what it called an unlawful protest and said on Thursday that individuals would receive letters regarding interviews after it had identified people reasonably suspected of committing offences.
新芬党与亲英的主要政党共同执掌北爱尔兰的联合政府。该党称，多名代表及成员均收到了警方来信，但未透露具体人员姓名。
Sinn Fein, which leads Northern Ireland's power-sharing government alongside its main pro-British rival, said a number of its representatives and party members received correspondence from police, without naming them.
新芬党在声明中强调：“新芬党将始终与加瓦吉路居民站在一起，他们有权在不受宗派威胁的环境下安宁生活。”
"Sinn Féin will continue to stand with the Garvaghy Road residents who should be allowed to live in peace and free from sectarian intimidation," the party said in a statement.
来自小党派“人民至上”的议员格里·卡罗尔也透露，自己收到了警方通知，要求他在受到法律警示的前提下自愿配合调查。
Gerry Carroll, a lawmaker from the smaller People Before Profit party, said separately that he had received an invitation from police to attend a voluntary interview under caution in connection with the protest.
这场争端已危及1998年和平协议的核心内容——北爱尔兰脆弱的地方自治政府。新芬党的执政伙伴民主统一党则要求对奥尼尔及其他涉事议员提起刑事起诉。
The dispute has destabilised the British-run region's fragile devolved government - a key plank of the 1998 peace deal - with Sinn Fein's partners the Democratic Unionist Party calling for O'Neill and other lawmakers to be prosecuted.
该党周四声明称：“政治头衔并非护身符，没有人可以凌驾于法律之上。”
"A political title is not a shield, and no one is above the law," the party said in a statement on Thursday.