印度災民擺亡者頭骨抗議 爲活下去不得不吃老鼠

Indian farmers hit by drought and debt displayed the skulls of fellow farmers believed to have committed suicide, and placed live rats in their mouths at a protest calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to save them from starvation.

近日，飽受乾旱和債務困擾的印度農民舉行了一場抗議活動，他們將自殺農民的頭骨擺在地上、嘴裏咬着活老鼠，以此來呼籲總理莫迪拯救他們免於飢餓。

The farmers, who travelled to the Indian capital from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, say lack of rains over the last year have led to crop failure, forcing many to take loans from banks and moneylenders to survive.

這些從南部城邦泰米爾納德邦來到印度首都的農民表示，由於去年缺乏降雨導致農作物歉收，迫使許多人爲了生存，從銀行和放債者處貸款。

Some held up large white rats and placed the squirming rodents between their teeth — saying they would be forced to eat them in order to avoid starvation.

一些人把巨大的白毛老鼠咬在嘴裏--稱他們爲了避免捱餓他們將不得不吃老鼠。

"These skulls are all that remains of our brothers who killed themselves because they could not repay their debts," said P. Ayyakannu, president of South Indian Rivers Linking Farmers Association, sitting by a row of eight human skulls.

南印度Rivers Linking農民協會的主席阿亞卡努坐在8個擺成一排的人類頭骨旁說道：“我們的兄弟因爲償還不起債務自殺了，這些頭骨是他們剩下的唯一一點東西了。”

'It has come to the stage where hundreds of farmers are committing suicide due to the pressure of not being able to repay these loans, yet our prime minister is doing very little. We are here to demand Modi help us and write-off these debts.'

“現在已經發展到了數百名農民由於無法償還這些貸款而選擇自殺的程度，但是我們的總理卻什麼也不做。我們到這裏來，就是請求莫迪總理能幫助我們，並勾銷這些債務。”