伦敦，10月13日：人权组织大赦国际指责一级方程式赛车（F1）空谈，并通过周二宣布的10年非洲大奖赛协议向卢旺达提供“体育洗白奖”。
LONDON, Oct 13 : Human rights campaigners Amnesty International accused Formula One of hollow words and offering Rwanda a "sportswashing prize" with a 10-year African Grand Prix deal announced on Tuesday.
该具有里程碑意义的协议设想在2030年代初举办一场比赛，赛道将建在基加利以南新国际机场附近，目前尚未建成。这将是自1993年以来非洲首次举办的一级方程式赛车大奖赛。
The landmark deal envisages a race sometime in the early 2030s, at a circuit that has yet to be built near a new international airport to the south of Kigali. It will be the first race in Africa since 1993.
“由‘访问卢旺达’呈现的10年大奖赛是卢旺达当局的体育洗白奖，”大赦国际英国分部运动负责人菲利克斯·雅肯斯在书面回应中表示。
"A 10-year Grand Prix 'presented by Visit Rwanda' is a sportswashing prize for the Rwandan authorities," said Felix Jakens, Amnesty UK's head of campaigns in a written response.
“阿森纳、阿斯顿维拉、世界自行车锦标赛，如今又是一级方程式赛车——卢旺达正在购买世界上最大的体育赛事以美化其形象，并转移人们对其令人发指的人权记录的注意力。
"Arsenal, Aston Villa, the cycling world championships and now Formula One - Rwanda is buying into the world's biggest sports to polish its image and deflect from its appalling human rights record. "Formula One says sport can be 'a positive force for good'.
“一级方程式赛车称体育可以成为‘积极向上的力量’。但如果F1对其合作伙伴是谁视而不见，这种说法就会显得空洞。卢旺达当局在任意拘留、酷刑和压制言论自由方面屡有作为——这些都是国内发生的虐待行为。”卢旺达政府未能立即回应路透社的置评请求。
That rings hollow if F1 shrugs off who it is partnering with. Rwanda's authorities are prolific in arbitrary detention, torture and the repression of free speech – these are abuses at home." The Rwandan government did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
“体育洗白”这一指控针对的是被认为利用体育运动在国际上改善形象的国家。多个一级方程式赛车东道国，主要位于中东，也曾被指控如此。
The allegation of "sportswashing" is levelled at countries perceived to be using sport to improve a tarnished image abroad. Several other Formula One hosts, mainly in the Middle East, have been accused of it.
英超联赛球队阿斯顿维拉与“访问卢旺达”的赞助协议曾在去年7月引发类似的人权组织批评。
Premier League side Aston Villa's sponsorship agreement with Visit Rwanda drew similar criticism from human rights campaigners last July.
卢旺达旅游局还与马德里竞技、巴黎圣日耳曼以及美国体育队伍如洛杉矶快船和洛杉矶公羊有赞助协议，并在阿森纳球衣袖口处展示品牌长达八个赛季。
The African nation's tourism board also has sponsorship agreements with Atletico Madrid and Paris St Germain, as well as US sports teams including the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Rams. It had branding on Arsenal's shirt sleeves for eight seasons.
卢旺达总统保罗·卡加梅因帮助结束1994年卢旺达种族灭绝、重建国家并使其成为投资和援助的吸引力目的地而受到西方和地区领导人的赞誉。
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has won praise from Western and regional leaders for helping to end the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and rebuilding the country into an attractive destination for investment and aid.
他还被指控在国内镇压批评者，并在邻国刚果民主共和国支持M23反政府武装。人权组织称该武装犯有杀人、强奸及其他侵犯人权行为。
He also stands accused of a crackdown on critics at home, and supporting the M23 rebel group in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, who rights groups say are guilty of killings, rapes and other rights abuses.
卡加梅在基加利举行的新闻发布会上表示，该协议将使卢旺达踏上一段“将改变非洲在体育界形象”的旅程。他补充说：“我们正从整个非洲大陆的角度审视卢旺达。”
Kagame told a press conference in Kigali that the deal would set Rwanda on a journey "that will change how Africa is perceived in the world of sport". "We are looking at Rwanda in the context of a continent," he added.
一级方程式发言人表示，这项运动“有机会激发灵感，将一级方程式的热情带给非洲1亿人，体育可以成为一种积极向上的力量。”
A Formula One spokesperson said the sport had "the opportunity to inspire and bring the passion of F1 to 100 million people across Africa and sport can be a positive force for good."
雅肯斯敦促一级方程式推动变革，“而不是把自己的品牌借给一次公关表演。”
Jakens urged Formula One to push for change "rather than lend its brand to a PR exercise."