阿桑奇呼籲美國"停止迫害" 釋放新聞線人
Julian Assange has urged the US to end its "witch-hunt" against Wikileaks, in his first public statement since entering Ecuador's London embassy.
自從進入厄瓜多爾在倫敦的大使館之後,阿桑奇第一發表公開講話,呼籲美國停止“對維基百科的無端迫害”。He also called for the release of Bradley Manning, who is awaiting trial in the US accused of leaking classified documents to the Wikileaks site.
他還要求美國釋放布拉德利·曼寧,此人因涉嫌向維基百科提供機密文件,目前正在美國等待司法審判。Mr Assange spoke from a balcony at the embassy and thanked Ecuador's president, who has granted him asylum.
阿桑奇在大使館的大廳中發表了以上消息,並對批准他政治庇護的厄瓜多爾總統表示感謝。
He faces extradition to Sweden over sexual assault claims, which he denies.
阿桑奇因為性騷擾罪名被瑞典通緝,但他否認了這一指控。The 41-year-old said the United States must also stop its "war on whistleblowers".
這名41歲的男人説,美國還必須同時停止“對泄密者的迫害”。He added: "The United States must vow that it will not seek to prosecute our staff or our supporters.
他補充説:“美國必須保證不再搜捕和起訴維基百科的員工和支持者。”"The United States must pledge before the world that it will not pursue journalists for shining a light on the secret crimes of the powerful."
“美國必須在全世界人民面前起誓不再追究曝光祕密犯罪的記者。”Mr Assange also said the United States was facing a choice between re-affirming the "revolutionary values it was founded on" or "dragging us all into a dangerous and oppressive world in which journalists fall silent under the fear of prosecution and citizens must whisper in the dark".
阿桑奇還説美國正面臨一個選擇,要麼是“重新定義它的建國基礎—革命信仰”,要麼是“建立人人自危的壓迫性世界,讓新聞工作者都緘口,讓百姓口不敢言”。