上周,“维基解密”网站创始人朱利安•阿桑奇在厄瓜多尔驻伦敦大使馆被捕。这一消息引发全球轰动!
4月11日,厄瓜多尔总统莫雷诺证实,厄瓜多尔已撤销给予阿桑奇的庇护身份。而英国警方则在厄瓜多尔政府撤销对阿桑奇的庇护后将其逮捕。
美国弗吉尼亚州东区检察官发布声明,指控“维基揭秘”创始人朱利安·阿桑奇涉嫌破解一台美国政府涉密电脑的密码,最高面临5年监禁。声明说,由于阿桑奇涉嫌犯罪,英国警方根据美英引渡协议当天在厄瓜多尔驻英国大使馆将阿桑奇逮捕。
阿桑奇被捕,网友们对事件影响众说纷纭。不过,这两天,大家还发现了一个令人揪心的问题:他的猫哪去了?
CNN:阿桑奇的猫怎么样了?
随着阿桑奇被捕,还有一个重要问题亟待解答:他的猫咋样了?
Now that Julian Assange has been arrested, there's an important question that begs answering. Whatever happened to the cat?
据新华网报道,阿桑奇2006年创建“维基揭秘”网站。2010年,该网站公布了大量美国政府有关阿富汗战争和伊拉克战争的秘密文件,让美国的外交形象遭到巨大打击,引起轰动和争议。同年11月,阿桑奇因涉嫌强奸受到瑞典检方调查,身处英国的阿桑奇随后遭英方逮捕。阿桑奇否认所有涉嫌罪名。2012年5月,英国最高法院裁定,可以引渡阿桑奇至瑞典。但同年6月,阿桑奇在保释期间进入厄瓜多尔驻英使馆寻求庇护。
在进入厄瓜多尔驻英使馆寻求庇护4年后的2016年,阿桑奇得到了这只可爱的小猫咪,陪他度过之后的时光。
In case you need a refresher, the WikiLeaks founder got an adorable feline in 2016 to help pass the time while he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he had been since 2012.
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名为James的猫咪,成为了这7年来阿桑奇的唯一伙伴。
The cat, called James, was the Wikileaks founder's only constant companion over the past seven years during his time at the embassy.
阿桑奇在推特和Instagram上还给猫咪开设了帐号(@使馆猫),并PO出小家伙和自己的图片。
Assange and the cat posed in photos on Twitter and Instagram under the handle @Embassy Cat.
不过自从2017年以来,就没有任何新的照片了。
There haven't been any new photos since 2017 though.
CNN还报道,2018年阿桑奇曾被告知他必须遵守厄瓜多尔大使馆的新规定,其中包括照顾和支付他的猫的相关费用。
In 2018, Assange was told he had to abide by new rules imposed by the Ecuadorian embassy, which included paying for and taking care of his cat.
而《纽约客》则报道,阿桑奇把猫咪当作“公关工具。”
他编造了“他的孩子把猫咪交给他”这样的故事,同时维基解密还出售印有猫咪图案的杯子、服装和贴纸等等。
According to one New Yorker profile, Assange made up a story about getting the cat from his children, and the organization sells an array of Embassy Cat mugs, shirts, and stickers.
尽管各样的报道层出不穷,但是外媒们普遍达成了一个共识:这小家伙实在是太可爱了!
那么,这只喵星人到底咋样了?大家开始胡乱猜测一波:
比如科技资讯网站The Verge:有关阿桑奇猫咪的四个理论
文章一本正经的指出,猫咪有四种结局:
可能和阿桑奇的家人在一起;
EMBASSY CAT IS WITH JULIAN ASSANGE’S FAMILY
可能去了庇护所;
EMBASSY CAT WAS SENT TO A SHELTER
可能因为“知道了太多”而躲起来;
EMBASSY CAT “KNEW TOO MUCH” AND IS IN HIDING
可能同时和家人在一起、在庇护所或者死了
EMBASSY CAT IS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH ASSANGE’S FAMILY, IN A SHELTER, IN HIDING, AND DEAD
新西兰的咨询网站Stuff给出了同样的担心:
“猫的避难生涯也结束了吗?或者这只是个开始?有人收养它吗,或者也会面临美国的引渡?它也是阴谋论的受害者吗?是不是也知道了太多东西?”
Would the cat's asylum end, too? Or was it just beginning? Would someone adopt it, or would it also face extradition to the United States? Would it fall victim to a vast conspiracy? Did it know too much?
尤其是《每日邮报》有关阿桑奇日常生活报道,就更让网友们……摸不着头脑了!
报道指出,阿桑奇出现种种不修边幅的行为,比如不注意卫生、故意搞乱居住环境等等。
阿桑奇不顾多次警告,把剩下一半的饭菜和脏盘子留在厨房。
He ignored repeated warnings not to leave half-eaten meals and unwashed dishes in the kitchen.
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而工作人员对此极为不爽,甚至在阿桑奇没有清理好环境之后,把猫咪扔出去了。同时,他们也担心猫咪的领结中会藏有相机拍照……
Staff grew so exasperated they even threw out his pet cat after he failed to clean up its mess. They also feared he had hidden a camera in its collar to spy on them.
所以,这猫咪还能当间谍咯?
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好在4月14日,大家终于等来了猫咪的消息!维基解密的推特帐号放出视频,喵星人出镜:
“我们可以确定,阿桑奇的猫咪安全!阿桑奇请求其律师在10月份的使馆危机中解救它。他们会在自由中团聚!”
据CNN报道,视频中的猫咪看上去很健康,正在看屏幕上阿桑奇被押出厄瓜多尔驻伦敦大使馆的报道。值得注意的是,这段视频来自俄罗斯的媒体Ruptly。
In the clip, the cat appears to be purrfectly healthy, and can be seen sitting in front of a screen showing footage from Russian-owned video outlet Ruptly of Assange being escorted out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
目前,维基解密方面并没有公布更多的消息。不过显然,担忧喵星人的网友们倒是可以松一口气了。
综合来源:新华网,观察者网,CNN,Daily Mail, The Verge, New Yorker,Stuff
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