阿桑奇呼吁美国"停止迫害" 释放新闻线人

Julian Assange has urged the US to end its "witch-hunt" against Wikileaks, in his first public statement since entering Ecuador's London embassy.

自从进入厄瓜多尔在伦敦的大使馆之后，阿桑奇第一发表公开讲话，呼吁美国停止“对维基百科的无端迫害”。

He also called for the release of Bradley Manning, who is awaiting trial in the US accused of leaking classified documents to the Wikileaks site.

他还要求美国释放布拉德利·曼宁，此人因涉嫌向维基百科提供机密文件，目前正在美国等待司法审判。

Mr Assange spoke from a balcony at the embassy and thanked Ecuador's president, who has granted him asylum.

阿桑奇在大使馆的大厅中发表了以上消息，并对批准他政治庇护的厄瓜多尔总统表示感谢。

He faces extradition to Sweden over sexual assault claims, which he denies.

阿桑奇因为性骚扰罪名被瑞典通缉，但他否认了这一指控。

The 41-year-old said the United States must also stop its "war on whistleblowers".

这名41岁的男人说，美国还必须同时停止“对泄密者的迫害”。

He added: "The United States must vow that it will not seek to prosecute our staff or our supporters.

他补充说：“美国必须保证不再搜捕和起诉维基百科的员工和支持者。”

"The United States must pledge before the world that it will not pursue journalists for shining a light on the secret crimes of the powerful."

“美国必须在全世界人民面前起誓不再追究曝光秘密犯罪的记者。”

Mr Assange also said the United States was facing a choice between re-affirming the "revolutionary values it was founded on" or "dragging us all into a dangerous and oppressive world in which journalists fall silent under the fear of prosecution and citizens must whisper in the dark".

阿桑奇还说美国正面临一个选择，要么是“重新定义它的建国基础—革命信仰”，要么是“建立人人自危的压迫性世界，让新闻工作者都缄口，让百姓口不敢言”。