阿布贾，10月27日——尼日利亚政府的一项调查显示，37名涉嫌非法采矿者在拘留期间死亡，原因是严重过度拥挤、通风不良和疏忽。
ABUJA, Oct 27 - A group of 37 suspected illegal miners died in detention in Nigeria as a result of severe overcrowding, poor ventilation and neglect, according to a government investigation into their deaths.
调查委员会是在上个月这些死亡事件引发尼日利亚民众愤慨后成立的。委员会驳回了官员早先关于疾病暴发导致死亡的说法，并呼吁对遇难者及幸存者进行赔偿，同时要求对相关机构进行彻底整改。
The investigating committee, set up after the deaths last month sparked outrage in Nigeria, rejected earlier claims by officials that an outbreak of disease was to blame and called for compensation for victims and survivors as well as an overhaul of the agency involved.
这些死亡事件中包括许多在手工金矿工作的青少年，在尼日利亚引发抗议，也再次引发人们对拘留设施条件和候审嫌疑人待遇的担忧。
The deaths, which included many teenagers working in artisanal gold mines, triggered protests in Nigeria, raising fresh concerns about conditions in detention facilities and the treatment of suspects awaiting trial.
委员会主席乔纳森·库雷说，这些死亡“完全可以避免”，是严重过度拥挤、缺乏基本生活必需品和忽视警告的结果。
Jonathan Kure, chairman of the committee, said the deaths were "entirely preventable" and a result of severe overcrowding, deprivation of basic necessities and ignored warnings.
库雷在委员会审查了包括拘留记录、尸检报告、医院报告和通信记录在内的证据后说：“这场悲剧表明，系统性地无视拘留标准、监督责任和被羁押者福祉会带来怎样的后果。”
"The tragedy demonstrates the consequences of systemic disregard for detention standards, supervisory responsibilities, and the welfare of persons in custody," Kure said after his committee reviewed evidence, including detention records, autopsies, hospital reports and communication logs.
尼日利亚安全和民防部队（NSCDC）官员未立即回应置评请求。
NSCDC officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
库雷说，证据显示，遇难者死于窒息，这是一种急性呼吸衰竭，由长时间被关押在严重拥挤、通风不良的牢房中引起，并因热应激和脱水而加重。库雷说：“证据并不支持这些死亡是由疾病暴发所致的说法。”
The evidence showed the victims died from asphyxia, an acute respiratory failure caused by prolonged confinement in a severely overcrowded, poorly ventilated cell, worsened by heat stress and dehydration, Kure said. "The evidence did not support claims that the deaths resulted from a disease outbreak," Kure said.
尼日利亚安全和民防部队（NSCDC）是一个准军事机构，为规范采矿活动而关押了这些矿工。该机构最初暗示被拘留者可能死于某种不明疾病，但后来又称死因尚未查明。
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the paramilitary agency that locked up the miners as part of efforts to regulate mining, initially suggested the detainees may have died from an unspecified disease before later saying the cause had not been established.
该委员会建议向每名遇难者家属赔偿3000万奈拉（约合2.25万美元），并向41名幸存者每人赔偿1000万奈拉。
The panel recommended 30 million naira (about $22,500) in compensation for each victim's family and 10 million naira for each of the 41 survivors.
这些发现与幸存者的证词相符。幸存者告诉路透社，数十名手工采矿者被塞进一间狭小的关押室，在他们抱怨过度拥挤后，其诉求一再被无视。
The findings are in line with testimonies from survivors who told Reuters that dozens of artisanal miners were crammed into a small holding cell and repeatedly ignored after complaining of overcrowding.
政府已对尼日利亚安全和民防部队（NSCDC）的高级官员作出停职处理，等待调查结果，但该调查委员会呼吁对该机构领导层进行全面整顿。
The government has suspended senior NSCDC officials pending the investigation, but the panel called for a sweeping overhaul of the agency's leadership.