阿桑奇稱聯合國報告爲他洗冤
Julian Assange on Friday claimed “victory” in his legal battle against UK and Swedish authorities after a UN panel said the WikiLeaks founder should be allowed to walk free after his three and a half year confinement at the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
朱利安阿桑奇(Julian Assange)週五宣稱他對英國和瑞典當局發起的法律戰取得了“勝利”，此前聯合國一個工作小組表示，已在倫敦厄瓜多爾駐英使館避難三年半的維基解密(WikiLeaks)創始人應該被允許獲得自由。
A statement by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said Mr Assange’s confinement amounted to “arbitrary detention” and that he should be afforded “the right to compensation”.
聯合國任意拘留問題工作小組(UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention)發表的一份聲明稱，阿桑奇被迫困於厄瓜多爾駐英使館一事，相當於受到“任意拘留”，他應當得到“賠償權利”。
Mr Assange, an Australian, was originally arrested in London in 2010 under a European warrant issued by Sweden, where he was sought for questioning in relation to sexual assault and rape allegations.
澳大利亞籍的阿桑奇最初於2010年在倫敦被捕，警方的依據是瑞典簽發的一份歐洲逮捕令，瑞典方面要求將他緝拿歸案，接受有關性侵和強姦指控的訊問。
He was granted asylum by Ecuador and entered the country’s embassy in Knightsbridge, London, after the UK Supreme Court ruled the extradition against him could go ahead.
在英國最高法院裁定對他的引渡可以執行後，阿桑奇設法獲得厄瓜多爾庇護，並躲進該國位於倫敦騎士橋(Knightsbridge)地區的大使館。
Mr Assange denied the allegations but was reluctant to fight the claims in Sweden for fear of being transferred to the US, where he could face official secrecy and anti-espionage charges that could see him jailed for life.
阿桑奇否認上述指控，但不願到瑞典抗辯，擔心被移交給美國，他在美國可能面臨泄露官方機密和間諜罪名，若被定罪可能被判終身監禁。
This followed WikiLeaks’ release of thousands of secret US government documents on the internet, including highly sensitive diplomatic cables which US officials say put its agents at risk and caused embarrassment for America’s allies.
此前維基解密在互聯網上發佈了數以千計的美國政府祕密文件，包括一些高度敏感的外交電文，美國官員們表示，這些文件被泄露，使美國的一線特工陷入險境，還讓美國的盟友難堪。
Speaking from inside the embassy on Friday, a bearded Mr Assange welcomed the report as a “serious finding”, adding it was a “vindication” and “victory” which “brought a smile to my face and I hope many others as well”.
週五，蓄起鬍鬚的阿桑奇在厄瓜多爾駐英使館發表講話，對聯合國工作小組的報告表示歡迎，稱其爲“嚴肅的調查結論”，並補充稱，它相當於“洗冤”和“勝利”，“給我的臉上帶來微笑，我希望也給其他很多人帶來微笑”。
A UK government spokesperson had earlier rejected the findings and said the ruling “changes nothing” and that it will formally contest the UN panel’s opinion.
早些時候，英國政府發言人拒絕接受調查結果，稱這一裁定“改變不了什麼”，英國將正式抗辯聯合國工作小組的意見。
“Julian Assange has never been arbitrarily detained by the UK. The opinion of the UN Working Group ignores the facts and the well-recognised protections of the British legal system,” the spokesperson said.
“朱利安·阿桑奇從未被英國任意拘留。聯合國工作小組的意見忽略了相關事實和英國司法制度所提供的廣受公認的保護，”這名發言人表示。
A UK statement said Mr Assange was “voluntarily avoiding lawful arrest by choosing to remain in the Ecuadorean embassy”.
英國官方的一份聲明稱，阿桑奇“自願選擇滯留厄瓜多爾使館，以逃避合法逮捕”。
It said an allegation of rape was still outstanding and a European arrest warrant in place, so the UK continues to have a legal obligation to extradite him to Sweden.
聲明稱，強姦指控和歐洲逮捕令仍然有效，因此英國在法律上仍有義務把他引渡到瑞典。
The statement said the UK was “deeply frustrated that this unacceptable situation is still being allowed to continue” and called on Ecuador to “engage with Sweden in good faith to bring it to an end”.
聲明稱，英國“對於這一不可接受的局面仍然被允許持續下去深感沮喪”，並呼籲厄瓜多爾“與瑞典真誠接觸，解決這件事”。
Philip Hammond, the UK foreign secretary, described the ruling as “ridiculous”. He said the working group is “made up of lay people not lawyers and their conclusion is flawed in law”.
英國外交大臣菲利普·哈蒙德(Philip Hammond)形容聯合國工作小組的裁決“荒謬”。他說，這個工作小組“由外行而不是律師組成，他們的結論在法律上是有缺陷的”。
On Thursday, before the official publication of the UN ruling, a spokesperson for the Swedish foreign ministry said Sweden rejected the working group’s conclusions and would write to the panel on Friday to explain its position.
週四，在聯合國正式發表裁決結果之前，瑞典外交部的一位發言人表示，瑞典拒絕接受該工作小組的結論，並將在週五致函該工作小組，解釋瑞典的立場。
