阿桑奇获得政治庇护 厄瓜多尔与英国"决裂"

Ecuador offers political asylum to Assange

厄瓜多尔为阿桑奇提供政治庇护

QUITO - Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said Thursday his country has decided to grant asylum to WikiLeaks website founder Julian Assange after finding merit to his claim of being politically persecuted.

厄瓜多尔外交部长理查德·帕蒂诺周三表示，由于已经找到确切的政治迫害的证据，厄瓜多尔将为维基百科的创始人朱利安·阿桑奇提供政治庇护。

"Ecuador, faithful to its tradition of protecting those who seek a safe haven in its territory or its diplomatic missions, has decided to grant political asylum to the citizen Julian Assange," said Patino at a morning press conference.

帕蒂诺在周三的新闻发布会上说：“出于国家理念—在国土范围内保护一切公民—厄瓜多尔决定向公民阿桑奇提供政治庇护”

The decision came only one day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorian embassy in London to seize Assange and extradite him to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning in two sexual assault cases.

此前有英国政府威胁说要遣散厄瓜多尔驻英大使并将阿桑奇引渡到瑞典。阿桑奇因为两起性骚扰案件而被瑞典政府通缉。

Assange, who has not been charged of any crime and maintained that his relations with the two were consensual, on Thursday called the offer by Ecuador a "significant victory."

阿桑奇声称自己没犯任何罪，而且坚持说他与这两位女性的关系都是在双方自愿的前提下发生的。阿桑奇称厄瓜多尔的举动是一次“重要意义的胜利”

The 41-year-old Australian, who has taken refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy since June 19, claimed that Sweden intends to hand him over to the United States, where he may face espionage charges for leaking thousands of secret US diplomatic cables and, if convicted, could be given the death penalty.

这名41岁的澳大利亚人自自6月19日就在厄瓜多尔的大使馆避难,声称瑞典打算移交他给美国,在那里他可能面临间谍罪的指控,因为成千上万的美国外交电报秘密泄露,如果罪名成立,会受到死刑。

Patino said "The judicial evidence clearly shows that if extradited to the United States, Mr. Assange would not have a fair trial, he could be tried by special or military courts," adding that the Ecuador's decision complied with the fundamental principles of international humanitarian.

帕蒂诺说：“证据表明，如果被引渡到美国，阿桑奇将会受到不公正的审判，甚至有可能受到特别法庭或者军事法庭的审判。”并补充说厄瓜多尔的决定符合世界人权的基本原则。