美国公民马修·范戴克在印度被关押六个多月,被指控支持民族分裂组织,现已获准暂时保释并返回美国。
Matthew VanDyke, a United States citizen held in India for more than six months and accused of supporting ethnic separatist groups, has been temporarily released on bail and returned to the US.
据家庭发言人透露,这位47岁男子于周六上午抵达,并与家人团聚。
The 47-year-old arrived on Saturday morning and reunited with his family, according to a family spokesperson.
范戴克经营一家位于华盛顿特区的咨询公司,该公司声称向弱势群体提供“免费安全咨询、培训、物资及其他服务”。3月,他与六名乌克兰国民一同被印度当局拘留,这六名乌克兰人也于周六获释。
VanDyke, who runs a Washington, DC-based consultancy that says it provides “free security consulting, training, supplies and other services to vulnerable populations”, was detained in March by Indian authorities, along with six Ukrainian nationals who were also released on Saturday.
印度主要反对党国大党表示,尽管范戴克“被指控策划恐怖袭击”,却被允许从新德里返回家园。
India’s main opposition Congress party said that, despite being “accused of plotting terrorist acts”, VanDyke was allowed to return home from New Delhi.
“显然是美国施压决定了这一结果,但印度得到了什么回报?”该党立法委员兼发言人贾伊拉姆·拉梅什在社交媒体上发文质疑。
“Obviously US pressure determined this outcome, but what did India get in return?”Jairam Ramesh, a legislator and spokesperson for the party, posted on VanDyke’s family told Al Jazeera before his release that his health was failing and he had lost weight after going on a month-long hunger strike in Tihar Jail to try to improve conditions in prison.
范戴克家人在获释前告诉半岛电视台,他的健康状况恶化,因在蒂哈尔监狱绝食抗议一个月以改善狱中条件而体重下降。据其母亲莎伦透露,他不得不坐轮椅出席听证会。范戴克否认指控,家人称他当时在该地区记录少数民族面临的处境。
He had to use a wheelchair to attend hearings, according to his mother, Sharon. VanDyke denied the accusations against him, and his family said he was in the region documenting the situation faced by minority ethnic groups.
2011年11月5日星期六,马修·范戴克在巴尔的摩-华盛顿国际机场航班抵达后与记者交谈。此前他在利比亚监狱度过数月,后加入反对独裁者卡扎菲的叛军部队。[Patrick Semansky/Reuters] 本月初,印度检方决定不对范戴克等人提起恐怖主义指控,转而正式指控他们违反签证规定,进入缅甸边境沿线的限制区域。
Matthew VanDyke, who spent months in Libyan prisons before joining rebel forces who opposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi, speaks with reporters after his flight arrived at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Saturday, November 5, 2011. [Patrick Semansky/Reuters] Earlier this month, Indian prosecutors declined to bring terrorism charges against VanDyke and the others. Instead, prosecutors formally accused them of visa violations for entering restricted areas along the Myanmar border.
这位马里兰州人曾是电影制作人,也是阿拉伯之春期间的反叛战士,在穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲政权时期曾在利比亚监狱被关押约六个月。他曾与詹姆斯·福利一同被囚,后者是一名记者,后来在叙利亚被伊斯兰国(ISIL)杀害。近年来,范戴克总部设在乌克兰,其咨询公司协助训练乌克兰军队。
The Maryland native is a former filmmaker and rebel fighter during the Arab Spring and spent about six months in a Libyan prison during the Muammar Gaddafi regime. He was held alongside James Foley, a journalist who was later killed by ISIL in Syria. In recent years, VanDyke was based in Ukraine, where his consultancy helped train Ukrainian military forces.
在范戴克获释前,詹姆斯·福利的母亲戴安娜向半岛电视台发表声明,她目前领导一个以儿子名字命名的基金会,表示对他在印度被捕及其明显的健康状况不佳“深感悲痛”。她补充说,该基金会呼吁“出于人道主义理由释放他”。
In a statement to Al Jazeera before VanDyke’s release, James Foley’s mother, Diane, who now heads a foundation named after him, said she was “deeply saddened by his arrest in India and by his apparent poor health.”She added that her foundation called for “his release on humanitarian grounds.”