关键信息:一名被指控与1994年卢旺达种族灭绝事件有关的男子将继续被关押,除非他向法庭缴纳10万英镑的保释金。
A man accused of offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide will remain in custody unless he pays the court a £100,000 guarantee.
65岁的文森特·布朗(Vincent Brown,原名文森特·巴吉尼亚,Vincent Bajinya)被指控是他人实施暴力行为的“领导者”或“指挥者”,他是英国首位因该种族灭绝事件被起诉的人。
Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, was allegedly a "leader" or "supervisor" of violent acts carried out by others and is the first person in the UK to be charged over the genocide.
周一在伦敦老贝利法院(Old Bailey)的审判中,法官马克·卢克拉夫特(Mark Lucraft)批准了他的有条件保释,但保释条件比之前的听证会更为严格,包括提高保释金数额以及实施电子监控。
At the Old Bailey on Monday, Judge Mark Lucraft KC granted conditional bail with stricter conditions than at a previous hearing, including the increased surety and electronic monitoring.
布朗被指控“杀害、指挥或煽动”卢旺达图西族成员的死亡。他否认了自己的罪行。
Brown is accused of "killing, directing or encouraging" the deaths of members of the Tutsi ethnic group in Rwanda. He denies wrongdoing.
据称,4月6日至13日期间,同一户家庭的三名成员、一名出租车司机、一名母亲及其年幼的儿子遭到了杀害。
Three members of the same house were allegedly murdered, along with a taxi driver, a mother and her young son between April 6 and 13.
受害者包括多米尼克·穆库阿林达(Dominique Mukurarinda)、伊玛库莱·穆坎库西(Immaculee Mukankusi)、格拉西·鲁兰吉尔瓦(Gerasi Rurangirwa)、莱安德烈·姆博戈耶(Leandre Mbogoye)、夏洛特·卡马古贾(Charlotte Kamaguja)和奥利维尔·图伊希梅(Olivier Tuyishime)。
The alleged victims were Dominique Mukurarinda, Immaculee Mukankusi, Gerasi Rurangirwa, Leandre Mbogoye, Charlotte Kamaguja and Olivier Tuyishime.
布朗居住在伦敦北部的伊斯灵顿(Islington),是在英国历时七年的调查后才被起诉的。
Brown, of Islington, north London, was charged following a seven-year British investigation into the killings.
1994年的卢旺达种族灭绝持续了100天,估计有80万图西族人和持政治中立立场的胡图族人遇害。
An estimated 800,000 Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were killed during the 1994 Rwanda genocide which lasted for 100 days.
周三,法官要求布朗在获释前必须缴纳10万英镑的保释金;此前地方法官仅要求他缴纳2.5万英镑的保释金。此外,布朗还被要求交出护照和所有身份证件,不得申请国际旅行证件,并必须遵守宵禁规定,只能在其伦敦的住所内生活。他还必须接受电子监控,并每天向警方报到。
On Wednesday the judge imposed a £100,000 bail condition on Brown's release. This is up from an earlier £25,000 security imposed by magistrates. Brown was also ordered to surrender his passport and any national identity cards, not to apply for international travel documents and was told he must abide by a curfew to live and sleep at his London address. He would also be electronically monitored and have to report daily to police.
卢克拉夫特法官表示,在布朗缴纳10万英镑的保释金之前,他将继续被关押。
Lucraft said that until the £100,000 condition was met, the defendant would remain in custody.
布朗是一名医生,1980年代在卢旺达获得了医学学位。后来他成为该国基加利(Kigali)家庭卫生部门的负责人,并与妻子及年幼的儿子住在那里的一个郊区。
Brown is a medical doctor who qualified in Rwanda in the 1980s. He later became head of the country's Department of Family Health in Kigali and lived in a suburb there with his wife and young son.
2006年,他在伦敦的一家名为“Praxis”的慈善机构工作,该机构帮助来自卢旺达等地的难民。
In 2006 he was worked at Praxis, a London-based charity which helps refugees from places like Rwanda.
他还曾担任难民护士特遣队成员,该特遣队成立于2003年,旨在为英国政府提供咨询建议。布朗定于10月9日在老贝利刑事法院出庭。针对卢旺达其他涉嫌种族灭绝罪行的调查仍在继续。
He has also served on the Refugee Nurses Task Force, which was set up in 2003 to advise the UK government. Brown is next due to appear at the Old Bailey on 9 October. Inquiries continue into other alleged genocide offences in Rwanda.