
圣萨尔瓦多,10月31日电——在萨尔瓦多有争议的“紧急状态”下被拘留者的亲属周六聚集在圣萨尔瓦多都会大教堂,为狱中离世的囚犯献上祭品,并要求伸张正义。
SAN SALVADOR, Oct 31 - Relatives of people detained under El Salvador's controversial state of exception gathered at the San Salvador metropolitan cathedral on Saturday to leave offerings for inmates who have died behind bars, demanding justice.
参与者手持黄红鲜花、横幅和被监禁家人的照片抵达现场。在首都大教堂内,他们跪在圣人奥斯卡·阿努尔福·罗梅罗大主教的墓前祈祷,并在那里献上鲜花。
Participants arrived carrying yellow and red flowers, banners and photographs of jailed family members. Inside the capital's cathedral, they knelt in prayer around the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, a saint, and placed flowers there.
在大教堂台阶上,人群举行集会,悼念死者,并纪念仍被羁押的亲人。许多到场者自亲人被捕以来便失去联系,在某些情况下,他们甚至不知道亲人是否还活着。
On the cathedral steps, the group held a rally honoring the dead and remembering relatives still in custody. Many of those present have had no contact with their detained relatives since their arrest, and - in some cases - do not know whether their relatives are still alive.
来自东部乌苏卢坦省埃尔特里翁福的61岁农民娜塔莉亚·富内斯到场,希望能寻得关于被囚儿子的消息。她的儿子奥斯卡·奥兰多·罗德里格斯于2022年7月被捕,此后一直处于隔绝通讯状态。
Natalia Funes, 61, a farmer from Puerto El Triunfo in the eastern province of Usulutan, attended in hopes of seeking answers about her jailed son. Her son, Oscar Orlando Rodriguez, was arrested in July 2022 and has been held incommunicado since.
“我是一位痛苦的母亲,一位从未见过儿子的母亲。我是一位从未见过他们面容、未曾听到过他们音讯的母亲,”富内斯说。
"I am a distraught mother, a mother who has never seen my son. I am a mother who has never seen their face or heard from them," Funes said.
萨尔瓦多总统纳伊布·布克勒四年前实施的“紧急状态”,已允许安全部队拘留超过9万人。
El Salvador's state of exception, imposed by President Nayib Bukele four years ago, has allowed security forces to detain more than 90,000 people.
知名人权组织“克里斯托萨尔”记录在案,在“紧急状态”下被拘留者中,萨尔瓦多监狱已发生454起死亡案例。
Cristosal, a prominent human rights organization, has documented 454 deaths in Salvadoran prisons among people detained under the state of exception.
许多仍被拘留者的亲属担心,亲人会成为这一数据中不愿增添的一员。
Many relatives of those still detained fear their loved ones will become an unwanted addition to the statistic.
抗议者借“亡灵节”——该节日在11月1日和2日于多个拉美国家举行——悼念狱中离世者,同时呼吁为仍被囚禁的拘留者提供公正审判。
Protesters used the Day of the Dead, observed on November 1 and 2 across several Latin American countries, to remember those who died behind bars, and also called for fair trials for detainees who remain jailed.
“为自由而战的母亲们”运动发言人、44岁的莉莉安娜·乌里亚斯表示,该运动一些成员失去了儿子、兄弟或孩子的父亲。
Liliana Urias, 44, spokeswoman for the Mothers for Freedom movement, said some members of the movement had lost a son, a brother or the father of their children.
乌里亚斯说:“我们来到这里,是为了纪念所有在紧急状态下死亡的无辜者。”
"We are here in memory of all the innocent people who have died under the state of exception," Urias said.