禍從口出 俄羅斯治罪冬奧批評者

Russian activists say the sentencing of a critic of the Winter Olympics in Sochi to three years in a penal colony on a minor parole violation is a sign of an intensifying crackdown on those who have spoken out against of the Games.

俄羅斯人權活動人士説，一名批評索契冬奧會的人士因為輕度違反假釋規定被判在流放地監禁三年，這表明俄羅斯正在加緊打擊那些公開抨擊本屆冬奧會的人。

Russia has been criticized in the West for its treatment of activists opposed to how preparations for the Games were handled, but such international scrutiny may have made the situation worse for Russians who have spoken out, rights groups say.

人權組織表示，西方指責俄羅斯不公正地對待那些批評冬奧會籌備工作的人，但對那些敢於公開批評當局的俄羅斯人來説，國際社會的指責可能讓他們的處境更加艱難。

On Wednesday, Evgeny Vitishko, a member of Environmental Watch of the North Caucasus or EWNC, which had opposed holding the Olympics in Sochi because of the potential damage it could cause to the region's environment, was given a three-year jail sentence by an appeals court in southern Russia.

週三，北高加索環境觀察(Environmental Watch of the North Caucasus)成員維提斯科(Evgeny Vitishko)在俄羅斯南部一家上訴法院被判入獄三年。北高加索環境觀察曾反對在索契舉辦冬奧會，因為這可能破壞當地環境。

The decision upheld an earlier ruling by a lower court which found Mr. Vitishko had violated the conditions of a suspended sentence he received for an earlier conviction for spray-painting graffiti on a fence surrounding property activists say belongs to the governor of the Krasnodar region where the Olympics are being held.

上訴法院支持地方法院對維提斯科違反緩刑條件的裁決。維提斯科之前因在一處房產的圍牆上塗鴉而被定罪並獲緩刑，據人權活動人士説，這處房產屬於冬奧會舉辦地克拉斯諾達爾州的州長。

The violation came when Mr. Vitishko was detained by local police while applying earlier this month for permission from the parole office to travel to Sochi for the Games and was accused of swearing in public, a hooliganism charge that after a brief trial resulted in a 15-day jail sentence.

維提斯科是在本月早些時候向假釋辦公室申請去索契參加冬奧會時被當地警察拘捕的，他被指在公共場合説髒話，犯有流氓罪，在簡短審訊後被判15天監禁，也因此觸犯了緩刑條件。

Human Rights Watch condemned the case as 'politically motivated from the start.'

人權觀察(Human Rights Watch)譴責此案從一開始就存在政治動機。

'When the authorities continued to harass him it became clear they were trying to silence and exact retribution against certain persistent critics of the preparations for the Olympics,' Yulia Gorbunova, Russia researcher for the group said Wednesday.

人權觀察俄羅斯研究員戈布諾娃(Yulia Gorbunova)週三説，當局不停地騷擾他，這顯然是要讓那些不斷批評冬奧會籌備工作的人閉嘴，是對他們的打擊報復。

Krasnodar police and the Krasnodar regional administration didn't respond to requests for comment.

克拉斯諾達爾警方和行政機關未回覆記者的詢問。

Mr. Vitishko's imprisonment comes just as the EWNC has released a report on what it calls 'irreparable' environmental damage caused by preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

在維提斯科被判入獄的同時，北高加索環境觀察發佈了一份報告，揭露2014年冬奧會籌備工作對環境造成的無法挽回的破壞。

The report's co-author, Suren Gazaryan, was also convicted in the graffiti case and fled the country to seek political asylum, his colleagues say. Both Mr. Gazaryan and Mr. Vitishko denied the charges.

這份報告的撰寫人之一加扎良(Suren Gazaryan)也因為塗鴉事件被定罪，他的同事説，他已經逃離俄羅斯尋求政治庇護。加扎良和維提斯科均否認有罪。

At a news conference in Moscow Wednesday, members of EWNC said they had been subject to multiple probes by Russian authorities. Igor Kharchenko, an activist with the group, said he had been arrested for five days for resisting police on what he called trumped-up charges. He also said a group of unidentified men had smashed the windows and body of his car while a police car passed by.

週三在莫斯科舉行的新聞發佈會上，北高加索環境觀察成員説，他們遭到俄羅斯當局多次調查。該組織活動人士哈爾琴科(Igor Kharchenko)説，他因抗拒警方的虛假指控而被拘留了五天。他還説，一羣身份不明的人砸碎了他的車玻璃和車身，當時正有一輛警車經過。

Russia has portrayed the Sochi Games as environmentally friendly. In January, Dmitry Kozak, the deputy prime minister in charge of Olympic preparations, said the air in Sochi became two times cleaner than before the Games. Activists say publicly available data suggests that isn't true.

俄羅斯一直聲稱索契冬奧會有利於環保。1月份，負責冬奧會籌備的副總理科扎克(Dmitry Kozak)説，索契的空氣質量比賽前提高了兩倍。但活動人士説，從公開的數據看來不是那麼回事。

Dmitry Shevchenko, deputy coordinator at EWNC, said, 'there is no predicting what will happen to activists after the Olympics' and that things may get worse.

北高加索環境觀察副協調員舍夫琴科(Dmitry Shevchenko)説，無法預料冬奧會結束後活動人士會受到怎樣的對待，情況可能更糟。

The group also accused the International Olympic Committee of failing to enforce its environmental standards on Russia in preparation for the Sochi Games. The Committee didn't respond to a request for comment.

該組織還指責國際奧委會(International Olympic Committee)未能督促俄羅斯執行奧運會籌備的環境標準。國際奧委會未回覆記者的置評請求。