Russian Court Rejects WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Appeal Against Detention


莫斯科一家法院驳回了《华尔街日报》记者埃文·格什科维奇就他被拘一事提出的上诉，这意味着这位已候审一年多的美国公民将至少被关押到6月30日。



莫斯科一家法院驳回了《华尔街日报》(The Wall Street Journal)记者埃文·格什科维奇(Evan Gershkovich)就他被拘一事提出的上诉，这意味着这位已候审一年多的美国公民将至少被关押到6月30日。 6park.com
A Moscow court rejected an appeal by Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich against his detention, meaning the U.S. citizen, who has been awaiting trial for over a year, will remain behind bars until at least June 30. 6park.com
 
格什科维奇周二出庭。他被指控犯有间谍罪，但他本人、《华尔街日报》和美国政府都坚决否认这一指控。美国国务院已宣布格什科维奇被不当拘留，这一认定意味着美国政府将努力争取他获释。 6park.com
Gershkovich, who appeared in court Tuesday, is being held on an allegation of espionage that he, the Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny. The State Department has declared him wrongfully detained, a designation that commits the government to work for his release. 6park.com
 
32岁的格什科维奇在莫斯科第一普通司法上诉法院(First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction)接受了闭门听证，上诉法院维持了下级法院将这名记者羁押至6月30日的判决，法官在听证后向他作出了陈述。 6park.com
The judge addressed the 32-year-old Gershkovich after a closed-door hearing at the First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow. The court upheld a lower court’s decision to keep the reporter in custody until June 30. 6park.com
 
法官问道：“埃文·格什科维奇，你是否了解法院的判决以及上诉的程序和最后期限？” 6park.com
“Evan Gershkovich, do you understand the decision made by the court and the procedure and deadline for appealing it?” the judge asked. 6park.com
 
格什科维奇回答说：“都明白。” 6park.com
“All clear,” Gershkovich replied. 6park.com
 
俄罗斯联邦安全局(Federal Security Service)去年3月拘留了格什科维奇，他是获俄罗斯外交部授权在那里工作的记者。 6park.com
Russia’s Federal Security Service detained Gershkovich, who was accredited by Russia’s Foreign Ministry to work there as a journalist, in March last year.  6park.com
 
格什科维奇周二身穿牛仔裤和格子衬衫，出现在作为被告席的透明箱体内，他时而微笑，并与律师交谈。 6park.com
Gershkovich, smiling at times and talking with his lawyers, appeared in a see-through defendant’s box in the courtroom wearing jeans and a plaid shirt. 6park.com
 
“埃文已被俄罗斯政府不当拘留了一年多，这始终令人无法接受，”《华尔街日报》在上述裁决公布后发表声明称。“埃文早该获得自由，我们敦促美国政府尽一切努力确保他获释。” 6park.com
“It continues to be outrageous that Evan has been wrongfully detained by the Russian government for more than a year,” the Journal said in a statement after the ruling. “Evan’s freedom is long overdue, and we urge the administration to do everything in their power to secure his release.” 6park.com
美国驻俄罗斯大使馆在X平台上表示，大使馆使团副团长Stephanie Holmes出席了听证会。“俄罗斯法院继续未经审理延长对埃文的羁押，”其声明称。“我们重申美国政府要求立即释放埃文的呼吁。” 6park.com
Stephanie Holmes, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, attended the hearing, the embassy said on X. “The courts continue to prolong Evan’s ordeal without trial,” the statement said. “We reiterate the U.S. government’s call for his immediate release.” 6park.com
 
在此次上诉被驳回之前，俄罗斯政府高级官员曾表示，美俄双方已通过秘密渠道讨论交换囚犯事宜，其中可能包括格什科维奇。美国尚未就这一渠道发表评论，但表示正在筹划一项新的交易提议，以确保这名记者获释。 6park.com
The rejected appeal follows remarks by senior Russian government officials that Moscow and Washington have employed a confidential channel to discuss prisoner exchanges that could include Gershkovich. The U.S. hasn’t commented on such a channel but has said it is preparing a new proposal for a deal to secure the reporter’s release. 6park.com
 
俄罗斯调查人员尚未公开提出证据支持他们对格什科维奇的指控。俄罗斯官员表示，俄方是依法行事。格什科维奇目前被关押在莫斯科臭名昭著的列福尔托沃监狱。 6park.com
Russian investigators haven’t publicly presented evidence to support their allegation against Gershkovich, who is being held at Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo Prison. Russian officials have said Moscow is acting in accordance with its laws. 6park.com
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过去一年里，格什科维奇的律师提出数次申诉，都被法院驳回，其中至少有一次申诉请求法院准许将格什科维奇转为软禁，同意对他的行动加以限制，或者准予保释。格什科维奇最初的审前拘留已被多次延长。 6park.com
Several appeals by Gershkovich’s lawyers have been rejected over the past year, at least one of which requested that he either be transferred to house arrest, agree to constraints on his movements or be granted bail. The reporter’s initial pretrial detention has been extended a number of times. 6park.com
 
俄罗斯法律允许调查人员在所谓“特别复杂”的刑事案件中最多有一年时间为审判做准备，但在特殊情况下可以进一步延长。 6park.com
Russian law allows investigators up to a year in what it calls “particularly complex” criminal cases to prepare for a trial, but grants further extensions in exceptional circumstances. 6park.com
 
格什科维奇是冷战结束以来第一位因间谍指控被俄罗斯关押的美国记者。美国国务院称，格什科维奇不是间谍，也从未为美国政府工作过，呼吁俄罗斯立即释放他。 6park.com
Gershkovich is the first American journalist to be held in Russia on an allegation of espionage since the end of the Cold War. The State Department has said he isn’t a spy and has never worked for the government, and has called for his immediate release. 6park.com
上周，美国参议院外交委员会(Senate Foreign Relations Committee)通过了一项两党决议，要求俄罗斯释放格什科维奇，称他是一名“开拓进取、无畏无惧的记者”。美国总统拜登(Joe Biden)表示，美国正在“夜以继日”地努力，争取将格什科维奇和其他“在世界各地被不当拘留的美国人”带回家。 6park.com
Last week, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a bipartisan resolution demanding Gershkovich be let go, calling him a “trailblazing and intrepid journalist.” President Biden has said the U.S. is working “around the clock” to bring the journalist and other “Americans being unjustly detained all around the world” home. 6park.com
 
本月早些时候，美国总统人质事务特使Roger Carstens表示，美国正在酝酿向莫斯科提出一项新提议，以确保格什科维奇和保罗·惠兰(Paul Whelan)获释。惠兰是另一名被美国国务院认定为在俄罗斯被不当拘留的美国人。 6park.com
Earlier this month, Roger Carstens, the U.S.’s special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, said a new U.S. proposal to Moscow was in the works to secure the release of Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, the only other American deemed by the U.S. to be wrongfully detained in Russia. 6park.com
 
惠兰曾是一名海军陆战队员，并担任过企业安全主管。他因间谍罪被判处16年徒刑，目前正在俄罗斯服刑。惠兰本人、他的家人和美国政府都否认这一指控。 6park.com
Whelan, a former Marine and corporate-security executive, is serving a 16-year sentence on an espionage charge that he, his family and the U.S. government deny. 6park.com
 
俄罗斯外交部副部长里亚布科夫(Sergei Ryabkov)称，俄美双方正在“通过一个专门的闭门渠道”讨论换囚问题。但他不予进一步置评。克里姆林宫要求此类谈判保密。对于里亚布科夫的言论，美国不予置评。 6park.com
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said that prisoner swap talks are being conducted “through a specialized closed channel,” but has declined to comment further. The Kremlin has called for such negotiations to remain confidential. The U.S. has declined to comment on Ryabkov’s remarks.  6park.com
 
记者库尔玛舍娃(Alsu Kurmasheva)是被俄罗斯拘留的美国人之一，她拥有美俄双重国籍，为总部设在布拉格的Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty工作。她于去年10月遭拘留，被指控未登记为外国代理人。她随后还被指控散布有关俄罗斯军方的虚假信息，事涉她帮助编辑过的一本关于乌克兰战争的书。库尔玛舍娃否认有不当行为。 6park.com
Among the Americans who have been detained by Russia is journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds dual U.S.-Russian citizenship and works for Prague-based Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. She was taken into custody in October on a charge of failing to register as a foreign agent, before also being charged with spreading false information about Russia’s military because of a book she helped edit about the war in Ukraine. Kurmasheva has denied wrongdoing.   6park.com
 
美国国务院官员表示，俄罗斯对库尔玛舍娃提出的指控毫无根据。美国国务院一位官员说，美国正密切关注对库尔玛舍娃被拘一事，但尚未就是否将她归类为被不当拘留作出决定。Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty、库尔玛舍娃的家人和她的支持者说，库尔玛舍娃之所以被盯上是因为她的记者身份和美国人身份。 6park.com
State Department officials have said the charges against Kurmasheva are baseless. The U.S. is closely monitoring her detention but hasn’t reached a decision on whether to class Kurmasheva as wrongfully detained, a State Department official has said. RFE/RL, her family and supporters say she is being targeted for being a journalist and an American. 6park.com
 
克里姆林宫否认俄罗斯有意迫害美国公民。 6park.com
The Kremlin has denied that Russia is intentionally victimizing U.S. nationals.