
爱尔兰小说家莎莉·鲁尼的作品如今已不再在英国销售,原因是她为被认定为恐怖组织的“巴勒斯坦行动”组织提供资金支持。
Irish novelist Sally Rooney's books are no longer sold in the U.K. because she supports Palestine Action, a group banned as a terrorist organization LONDON -- British booksellers are caught up in a battle over terrorism and free speech after Irish novelist Sally Rooney said her books can no longer be sold in the U.K. because she financially supports the banned group Palestine Action.
伦敦消息:爱尔兰小说家莎莉·鲁尼称,由于自己为被禁的“巴勒斯坦行动”组织提供经济援助,她的书籍无法再在英国销售。这一言论引发了英国书商界关于恐怖主义与言论自由问题的激烈争论。
The announcement by Rooney’s British publisher that it will no longer distribute her books has reignited debate over the U.K. government’s decision last year to outlaw the direct-action protest group as a terrorist organization.
鲁尼的英国出版商宣布将不再发行她的作品,这一决定再度引发了公众对英国政府去年将该抗议组织列为恐怖组织的决定的讨论。根据相关法律,参与或支持“巴勒斯坦行动”均属犯罪行为,最高可判处14年监禁。
The ban makes membership in or support for Palestine Action a crime punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
现年35岁的鲁尼是一位备受赞誉的作家,著有《朋友之间》《正常人类》《美好的世界,你在哪里》以及《间奏曲》四部小说。她的作品销量达数百万册,其中《朋友之间》与《正常人类》还被英国广播公司改编为电视剧。
Rooney, 35, is the critically praised author of four novels: “Conversations with Friends,” “Normal People,” “Beautiful World, Where are You” and “Intermezzo.”Her books have sold millions of copies, and both “Conversations with Friends” and “Normal People” were adapted for television by the BBC.
鲁尼支持由巴勒斯坦人发起的“抵制、撤资与制裁”运动,该运动呼吁人们抵制以色列的企业、大学及文化机构,以抗议以色列对待巴勒斯坦人的方式。以色列则视这一运动为对其国家合法性的挑战。
She supports the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which calls for boycotts of Israeli businesses, universities and cultural institutions over Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. Israel views the movement as an attack on the legitimacy of the Jewish state.
2025年7月英国宣布禁止“巴勒斯坦行动”后,鲁尼表示将把自己书籍及电视剧改编版所带来的收益用于资助该组织。本周三,她在英国的出版商费伯出版社称,向她支付版税可能违反相关反恐禁令,因此“决定不再以任何形式在英国发行她的作品”。该出版社还表示,这一决定是在征得鲁尼本人同意的前提下作出的。
After the U.K. banned Palestine Action in July 2025, Rooney said she would use proceeds from her books and their TV adaptations to support the group. On Wednesday her U.K. publisher, Faber, said that paying her royalties could violate the terror ban and it had “taken the decision that we can no longer supply her works in the U.K. in any format.”It said the decision had been made with Rooney's agreement.
鲁尼在一份声明中说道:“我已尽最大努力向公众坦诚地表达自己的信念与意图,也完全愿意承担由此带来的后果。”
“I have made every effort to be honest with the public about my beliefs and intentions, and I am wholly prepared to accept the consequences,” the writer said in a statement.
法伯的公告让英国书店陷入混乱,急于弄清楚出售鲁尼的书籍是否违法。
Faber’s announcement left British bookstores scrambling to understand whether they were breaking the law by selling Rooney’s books.
英国书商协会后来表示,已“与法伯确认,虽然这些书名不再向英国书店供货,但它们可以继续在英国市场销售现有库存。”一些书店赶紧囤货鲁尼的小说,却发现经销商已经售罄。
The Booksellers Association later said it had “confirmed with Faber that whilst those titles are no longer available to U.K. bookshops to order, they can continue to sell their existing stock within the U.K. market.”Some stores rushed to stock up on Rooney’s novels, but found distributors had already run out.
“我们想,在不能买之前,先买一大批,”伦敦卡姆登镇书店的书商露西·伯克说。“因为她在这里是非常受欢迎的畅销书作者,而且书籍非常长销。但现在看来,我们现有的就是全部了。”
“We were thinking, we’ll just get a whole bunch before we stop being able to,” said Lucy Burke, a bookseller at London’s Camden Town Bookshop. “Because she’s a hugely popular seller here, and quite evergreen. But now it seems like what we have is all we’re going to have.”
伯克将这一情况描述为“绝对荒谬”,并称这等同于审查“我们最杰出的作家之一”。巴勒斯坦行动组织成立于2020年,旨在阻止英国对以色列的军事支持,该组织称以色列正在对巴勒斯坦人实施种族灭绝——以色列强烈否认这一说法。
Burke described the situation as “absolutely ridiculous” and said it amounted to censorship of “one of our most prominent writers.”Palestine Action, founded in 2020, aims to stop U.K. military support for Israel, which it says is committing genocide against the Palestinians – a claim Israel strongly denies.
该组织表示,其目标是通过破坏“以色列军工复合体的企业帮凶”来阻止种族灭绝。2024年,该组织的活动人士闯入以色列武器制造商艾比特系统英国公司的一家工厂,用大锤和撬棍砸毁设备。次年,活动人士于2025年6月闯入一家英国皇家空军基地,向两架加油机的发动机喷洒红色油漆,并用撬棍造成进一步损坏。
The group says it aims to stop genocide by disrupting “corporate enablers of the Israeli military-industrial complex.”In 2024 its activists broke into a factory owned by Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems UK, smashing equipment with sledgehammers and crowbars. The next year, activists broke into a Royal Air Force base in June 2025, sprayed red paint into the engines of two tanker planes and caused further damage with crowbars.
该组织表示,不主张针对人员的暴力行为,但在工厂闯入事件中,一名警察被大锤击中,脊椎骨折。
The group says it does not advocate violence against people, but a police officer suffered a fractured spine when she was hit with a sledgehammer during the factory break-in.
英国政府表示,巴勒斯坦行动组织“实施了恐怖主义行为,赞扬参与其中的人,并宣扬使用暴力。”内政部在一份声明中表示:“对巴勒斯坦行动组织的取缔并不影响支持巴勒斯坦事业的合法抗议,这仍然是一项基本的民主权利。”
The British government says Palestine Action has “carried out acts of terrorism, celebrated those who took part in them and promoted the use of violence." “The proscription of Palestine Action does not affect lawful protest in support of the Palestinian cause, which remains a fundamental democratic right,” the Home Office said in a statement.
民间自由团体指出,这项禁令毫无道理地限制了民众的抗议权与言论自由权。为试探法律的实际效力,数千人纷纷默然举起写有“我支持巴勒斯坦行动”的标语牌以示抗议。目前已有超过3000人遭到逮捕,其中1200余人被依据《反恐法》起诉,不过至今尚无任何人被定罪。
Civil liberties groups say the ban unjustifiably restricts the rights to protest and free speech. In response to the government’s decision, thousands of people have tested the law by silently holding signs reading “I support Palestine Action.”More than 3,000 people have been arrested, and more than 1,200 have been charged under the Terrorism Act, though no one has yet been convicted.
如此大规模的逮捕行动,以及被捕者中不乏八九十岁高龄的退休老人这一情况,给英国工党政府带来了巨大压力。
The scale of the arrests, and the profile of those detained – including retirees in their 80s and 90s – has put Britain’s Labour Party government under pressure.
自7月份安迪·伯纳姆接替基尔·斯塔默出任首相以来,这个中左翼政府一直试图重新赢得那些支持巴勒斯坦事业民众的支持。
The center-left government has tried to rebuild bridges with pro-Palestinian supporters since Prime Minister Andy Burnham replaced Keir Starmer in July.
上个月,英国正式承认巴勒斯坦国,并禁止进口来自被占领的约旦河西岸地区以色列定居点的商品。外交大臣埃德·米利班德向那些“为巴勒斯坦人民的遭遇深感痛心与愤怒”的人们表示:“我们听到了你们的心声,你们做得对。”然而,政府至今仍未撤销对“巴勒斯坦行动”组织的禁令,该组织也仍在法庭上抗争以争取解禁。
Last month the U.K. formally recognized a Palestinian state and banned goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said his message to people “moved and outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people” is “We hear you. You were right.”The government has not lifted the ban on Palestine Action, however, and the group continues to challenge its proscription in court.
今年2月,高等法院裁定:将“巴勒斯坦行动”与基地组织、哈马斯等恐怖组织相提并论的做法既不合理也不合法。不过6月份上诉法院推翻了这一裁决,认定将该组织列为非法组织是“合理且恰当的”。下个月,该组织的律师将请求英国最高法院撤销这项禁令。
The High Court ruled in February that classing Palestine Action as a terror group alongside the likes of al-Qaida and Hamas was disproportionate and unlawful. The Court of Appeal overturned that decision in June, saying outlawing the group was “justified and proportionate.”Next month the group’s lawyers will ask the country’s top court, the U.K. Supreme Court, to quash the ban.
伦敦评论书店的店主约翰·克莱格在接受《卫报》采访时称,鲁尼的立场或许有助于推动法律的修改。
John Clegg, a bookseller at the London Review Bookshop, told The Guardian that Rooney’s stance could help in changing the law.
“她敢于站出来发声,这一点值得称赞;这项法律实在荒谬至极。如果她的举动能促使英国内政部加快废除该法的进程,我完全支持。”
“Good on her for taking a stand, it seems a ridiculous law. If this thing convinces the Home Office to move faster to get rid of it, I’m all for it.”