10月9日 - 新西兰国家审查员周五表示，它将无权阻止互联网用户访问美国计划进行的前陆军少校处决的直播，因为权利团体正敦促各国政府进行抗议。
Oct 9 - New Zealand's national censor said on Friday it would not have the authority to block internet users from accessing a livestream of the execution of a former Army major planned by the US, as rights groups pressed governments to protest.
尼达尔·哈桑是一名前陆军精神病医生，他因在2009年于德克萨斯州福德胡德军事基地杀害13人、致32人受伤而被定罪。
Nidal Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others at the Fort Hood military base in Texas in 2009.
五角大楼周四表示，哈桑将于12月3日在德克萨斯州通过枪决执行死刑，届时将进行直播，这将是美国首次直播处决。
Pentagon said on Thursday Hasan's December 3 execution by firing squad in Texas would be livestreamed, in what would be an unprecedented broadcast of a US execution.
这一决定可能会引起全球政府的审查，特别是在各国努力保护青少年免受有害互联网内容侵害的背景下。新西兰是最早作出反应的国家之一，新西兰分级办公室（Classification Office）作为一个独立的政府机构，指出在直播过程中限制此类材料的访问存在困难。
decision is likely to draw scrutiny from governments around the world amid mounting efforts to protect young people in particular from harmful internet content One of the first countries to react was New Zealand, where the Classification Office, an independent government body, highlighted difficulties in restricting access to such material during a live internet broadcast.
“分级办公室无法对正在进行的直播事件进行分级，我们以及任何其他机构都没有权力阻止对直播事件的访问，”新西兰分级办公室的一位发言人在声明中表示。
"The Classification Office cannot classify a livestream event as it is taking place, and we, nor any other body, has the authority to block access to a livestream event," a spokesperson for New Zealand's Classification Office said in a statement.
新西兰首席审查员卡罗琳·弗洛拉表示，根据新西兰法律禁止内容的门槛很高，需要在表达自由与潜在危害之间取得平衡。
New Zealand Chief Censor Caroline Flora said the threshold for banning content under New Zealand law was high and required balancing freedom of expression with the likelihood of harm.
“尽管内容可能令人痛苦，但它并不总是非法的，”她说，并补充称，她无法对尚未存在的内容的可能分级进行猜测。
"Distressing as content may be, it is not always unlawful," she said, adding that she could not speculate on the likely classification of something before it exists.
她补充说，其他机构如在线安全组织Netsafe可能会在更多细节出现时提供信息和建议。新西兰政府尚未就评论请求作出即时回应。
Other agencies such as online safety organisation Netsafe may provide information and advice as more details emerge, she added. The New Zealand government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
在欧洲，一些国家正在研究他们能够采取的措施，尽管普遍认为阻止该直播将非常困难。
In Europe, some countries were looking into what they could do, though the sense was that it would be difficult to block the livestream.
荷兰政府表示，它觉得自己没有工具来做任何事情。丹麦、法国和西班牙表示，他们正在研究能做什么。
The Dutch government said it felt it did not have the tools to do anything. Denmark, France and Spain said they were studying what they could do.
这则新闻在新西兰引起了特别关注，因为2019年，一名枪手在两座清真寺杀害了51人，并在网上直播了他的犯罪行为。自那以后，新西兰一直走在打击网络暴力内容的前列。袭击发生几个月后，时任总理杰辛达·阿德恩发起了一项针对这一问题的全球运动。
The news has additional resonance in New Zealand, where a gunman killed 51 people at two mosques in 2019, livestreaming his crimes on The country has since been at the forefront of combating violent content online. Then-prime minister Jacinda Ardern launched a global campaign on the issue months after the attack.
美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯表示，哈桑被枪决的决定是“显而易见的”，并补充说人们需要明白，对这类行为将有“严重后果”。
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Hasan's execution by firing squad was a "no-brainer", adding that people needed to understand there were "serious consequences for these types of things".
根据美国军事法律，总统的批准是执行死刑所必需的。五角大楼周一表示，总统唐纳德·特朗普在赫格塞斯的建议下批准了此次执行。
Under US military law, a US president's approval is needed for an execution. President Donald Trump approved it on Hegseth's recommendation, the Pentagon said on Monday.
白宫拒绝透露特朗普是否支持直播处决，并将相关问题推给了五角大楼。
The White House declined to say whether Trump supported the livestreaming, referring questions to the Pentagon.
全球范围内，公开处决已经极为罕见。近年来仍实行公开处决的国家包括伊朗和塔利班统治下的阿富汗。
Public executions have become exceedingly rare worldwide. Among countries known to conduct them in recent years are Iran and Taliban-run Afghanistan.
这一决定受到人权组织的批评，澳大利亚特赦国际敦促总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯施压美国，要求其撤销这一决定。
The decision was criticised by rights groups, with Amnesty International Australia urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to press the US to reverse its decision.
“将枪决公开直播供公众观看的建议，是对人尊严的令人震惊的漠视，”该组织的活动经理京宗·东杜说。
"The suggestion that an execution by firing squad should be livestreamed for public viewing is an appalling disregard for human dignity," said Kyinzom Dhongdue, a campaign manager at the rights group.
“将国家批准的杀戮变成公众表演，只会加剧死刑的残酷性。”澳大利亚外交部的一位发言人未回应置评请求。
"Turning a state-sanctioned killing into a public spectacle only compounds the cruelty of the death penalty." A spokesperson for Australia's foreign ministry did not respond to requests for comment.