据凯蒂·亨特（Katie Hunter）和格雷姆·埃森（Graeme Esson）报道：一名苏格兰锡克教活动家在印度被关押近九年后终于获释，期间他始终未被定罪。
By Katie Hunter, Graeme Esson A Scottish Sikh activist has been released from prison in India after being detained for almost nine years without being convicted.
这名来自邓巴顿（Dumbarton）的男子名叫贾格塔尔·辛格·乔哈尔（Jagtar Singh Johal），他于2017年因涉嫌恐怖主义罪行而被捕。
Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was arrested in 2017 in connection with alleged terror offences.
印度当局指控这名39岁的男子参与了一系列针对宗教和政治人物的谋杀事件，但他对此予以否认。
The Indian authorities have accused the 39-year-old of having a role in a series of targeted killings of religious and political figures - allegations which he denies.
9月18日，乔哈尔在德里高等法院获得了保释，但直到现在才真正获释。根据保释条款，他必须交出自己的护照，并且被禁止向媒体透露任何与案件相关的信息。
Johal was granted bail at Delhi High Court on 18 September, but has only now been released from detention. He had to surrender his passport as part of his bail conditions and is barred from speaking to the media about the case.
乔哈尔于2017年在旁遮普地区被捕，当时他刚刚在该国完成婚礼。据指控，他曾在2013年前往巴黎，并向“卡利斯坦解放阵线”（Khalistan Liberation Force）提供了约3000英镑的资金；该组织一直致力于通过暴力手段建立一个独立的锡克教国家。印度方面认为这笔资金被用于购买武器，用于在2016年和2017年杀害或企图杀害旁遮普地区的宗教和政治人物。
Johal was arrested in the Punjab region in 2017, just weeks after his wedding in the country. He is accused of travelling to Paris in 2013 and handing about £3,000 to the Khalistan Liberation Force – an armed organisation which has carried out violent attacks in pursuit of a separate Sikh state. It is claimed that this money was used to fund weapons to kill, or attempt to kill, religious and political figures in Punjab in 2016 and 2017.
印度当局称乔哈尔是“卡利斯坦解放阵线”的成员，并声称他“积极参与了这些阴谋活动且对阴谋的细节了如指掌”。然而，他的支持者认为他之所以遭到迫害，是因为他撰写了关于印度锡克教社区人权遭受侵犯的博客文章；他们认为他是被胁迫才承认自己参与了这些谋杀案的。
The Indian authorities claim Johal is a member of the KLF and that "he actively participated and had complete knowledge of the conspiracy". However, his supporters say he was targeted for blogging about alleged human rights abuses against the Sikh community in India and was coerced intog a false confession to participation in the killings.
乔哈尔的家人表示，没有任何确凿证据能够证明他的罪行，整个案件完全建立在不可靠的证人证词之上。2022年，联合国的一个专门小组认定他的监禁属于任意拘留行为；乔哈尔本人也声称自己曾遭受过酷刑。此前，印度当局曾多次否认酷刑指控，并坚称整个审判过程符合法律程序。
Johal's family say no concrete evidence has been presented against him and that the case was built on the testimony of unreliable witnesses. His imprisonment was recognised by a UN panel as arbitrary detention in 2022 and he has claimed to have been tortured. Indian authorities have previously denied the torture claim and have repeatedly maintained due process is being followed.
去年，乔哈尔在另一起案件中也被宣判无罪——在那起案件中，他被指控向“卡利斯坦解放阵线”提供财务支持。
Last year Johal was acquitted in a case where he was accused of financially supporting the KLF terror group.
他仍被关押在监狱中，因为他在另外八起案件中面临联邦指控，这些案件可能判处死刑。
He remained in prison because he faces federal charges in eight other cases, for which he potentially faces the death penalty.
然而，他的律师团队辩称，这些案件几乎完全相同，其他指控应当被撤销。
However, his legal team argues that these cases are almost identical and that the other charges should be dismissed.
过去九年间已举行了数百次听证会，保释令指出，审判“肯定不太可能很快结束”。
There have been hundreds of hearings over the past nine years and the bail order concludes that the trial is "certainly not likely to conclude anytime soon".
他的哥哥古尔普里特·辛格·乔哈尔——多年来一直游说历届政府要求释放他——表示，批准保释的决定是一个“非常重要的里程碑”。他说：“这只是一个第一步，但却是朝着正确方向迈出的一步。”
His brother Gurpreet Singh Johal - who has lobbied successive governments calling for his release - said the decision to grant bail had been a "really important milestone". "It is just a first step, but it is a step in the right direction," he said.
这一举措也受到了政界人士以及代表乔哈尔在英国的法律援助组织“红ress”（Redress）和“宽恕”（Reprieve）的欢迎。
The move was also welcomed by politicians and the legal charities Redress and Reprieve, who represent Johal in the UK.
“宽恕”组织的副执行董事丹·多兰表示，释放乔哈尔是“一个非常重要的时刻”，但乔哈尔仍因“捏造的指控”面临死刑。他说：“认识到他尚未脱离险境，这一点至关重要。”
Reprieve's deputy executive director Dan Dolan said the release was "a really important moment" - but that Johal still faced the death penalty on "trumped up charges". "It is really important that we recognise he's not out of the woods yet," he said.
“我们现在真的需要努力让他回家。”“红ress”组织表示，乔哈尔出狱无法弥补“九年任意拘留所造成的难以忍受的痛苦”。
"We now really need to push to get him home." Redress said Johal's release from prison could not undo "the intolerable suffering caused by nine years of arbitrary detention".