Venezuela's ex-leader Nicolás Maduro charged with conspiracy to commit torture
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Nicolás Maduro has been in US custody since January of this year Prosecutors in the United States have accused Venezuela's former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, of conspiracy to commit torture.
尼古拉斯·马杜罗自今年一月以来一直被美国拘留 美国检察官指控委内瑞拉前领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗和他的妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯密谋实施酷刑。
The fresh charges against the couple were made public on Thursday and are in addition to the drug-trafficking and weapons charges already brought against them, which they have denied.
针对这对夫妇的新指控是在周四公布的，这是对他们已经提出的贩毒和武器指控的补充，但他们否认了这些指控。
Maduro, 63, and Flores, 69, have been in custody since January in a detention centre in Brooklyn, where they were taken after US forces seized them in a pre-dawn raid on their compound in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
63 岁的马杜罗和 69 岁的弗洛雷斯自 1 月以来一直被关押在布鲁克林的一个拘留中心，美国军队在黎明前突袭他们位于委内瑞拉首都加拉加斯的大院时将他们抓获。
Barry J Pollack, Maduro's attorney, said his client denies the new charges and looks forward to his day in court.
马杜罗的律师巴里·J·波拉克表示，他的当事人否认新的指控，并期待着出庭。
Federal prosecutors also announced on Thursday that Flores was added to the earlier narco-terrorism charge.
联邦检察官周四还宣布，弗洛雷斯已被列入先前的毒品恐怖主义指控中。
The trial for both Maduro and Flores is set to begin in June 2027.
马杜罗和弗洛雷斯的审判将于 2027 年 6 月开始。
Both are being held in a detention centre in Brooklyn and are expected to remain there after Flores's request to be moved to house arrest was denied by a judge on Thursday.
两人均被关押在布鲁克林的一个拘留中心，周四法官驳回弗洛雷斯软禁的请求后，两人预计将继续留在那里。
The new accusations relate to the alleged torture of US citizens who were being held in Venezuela while Maduro was in power.
新指控与马杜罗执政期间被关押在委内瑞拉的美国公民涉嫌遭受酷刑有关。
The superseding indictment unsealed on Thursday accuses the former presidential couple of "entrenching themselves in power" by presiding "over a system of repression that relied on violence against political opposition, arbitrary detention, and the torture of detainees, including United States citizens".
周四公布的替代起诉书指控这对前总统夫妇通过主持“依靠暴力反对政治反对派、任意拘留和对包括美国公民在内的被拘留者实施酷刑的镇压制度”来“巩固自己的权力”。
According to the indictment, the torture included "electric shock, asphyxiation, rape, forced nudity, prolonged isolation, starvation, punishment cells, and psychological torture".
起诉书称，酷刑包括“电击、窒息、强奸、强迫裸体、长期隔离、饥饿、惩罚牢房和心理折磨”。
The prosecutors allege that the psychological torture included threats to kill victims' families, including children.
检察官称，心理折磨包括威胁杀死受害者的家人，包括儿童。
"All of this was done to ensure that Maduro and Flores retained their power," prosecutors said outside the courthouse on Thursday.
“所有这一切都是为了确保马杜罗和弗洛雷斯保住权力，”检察官周四在法院外表示。
"This conduct, we allege, has caused significant harm to Americans, to US citizens", prosecutors said, calling it "the epitome of corruption".
检察官表示，“我们声称，这种行为给美国人、美国公民造成了重大伤害”，并称其为“腐败的缩影”。
The request by Cilia Flores for house arrest was denied The prosecution accuses Flores of having played a key role in the development of the repressive system, ordering that individuals be tortured and even receiving updates on the torture of specific prisoners.
西莉亚·弗洛雷斯（Cilia Flores）的软禁请求被拒绝 检方指控弗洛雷斯在镇压制度的发展中发挥了关键作用，下令对个人施以酷刑，甚至收到有关特定囚犯遭受酷刑的最新信息。
The court document alleges that she did so in order to protect members of her family who were involved in illegal activities.
法庭文件称，她这样做是为了保护参与非法活动的家人。
The allegations contained in the superseding indictment echo many of the accusations long made by prisoners who have been released from detention in Venezuela.
替代起诉书中包含的指控与委内瑞拉被释放的囚犯长期以来提出的许多指控相呼应。
Javier Tarazona, the head of a human rights group in Venezuela, told BBC Mundo's Norberto Paredes earlier this year how he and his brother were held in a tiny punishment cell for 46 days after being arbitrarily arrested.
委内瑞拉一个人权组织的负责人哈维尔·塔拉佐纳(Javier Tarazona)今年早些时候告诉BBC Mundo的诺贝托·帕雷德斯(Norberto Paredes)，他和他的兄弟在被任意逮捕后如何被关在一个狭小的惩罚牢房里长达46天。
Another former inmate, Ángel Godoy, told BBC Mundo that he was kept isolated for months and not allowed to contact his wife, who was in turn kept in the dark about his whereabouts.
另一位前囚犯安赫尔·戈多伊 (Ángel Godoy) 告诉 BBC Mundo，他被隔离了几个月，不被允许联系他的妻子，而妻子则对他的行踪一无所知。
The allegations listed in the superseding indictment made public on Thursday relate to cases during Maduro's time in power.
周四公布的替代起诉书中列出的指控与马杜罗执政期间的案件有关。
After his ouster, his vice-president, Delcy Rodríguez, was sworn in as interim leader with the backing of the Trump administration.
他被赶下台后，副总统德尔西·罗德里格斯在特朗普政府的支持下宣誓就任临时领导人。
While hundreds of political prisoners have been released under an amnesty law since she has taken over power, more than 300 still remain behind bars, according to prisoners' rights group Foro Penal.
据囚犯权利组织 Foro Penal 称，自她掌权以来，尽管已有数百名政治犯根据大赦法获释，但仍有 300 多人仍被关在监狱里。
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned that his office has received reports alleging that detainees continue to be tortured even after the seizure of Maduro.
联合国人权事务高级专员沃尔克·蒂尔克警告说，他的办公室收到报告称，即使在马杜罗被捕后，被拘留者仍继续遭受酷刑。
Türk said in March that "structural and systemic human rights concerns" had persisted in Venezuela despite Maduro's ousting.
图尔克三月份表示，尽管马杜罗被赶下台，但委内瑞拉仍然存在“结构性和系统性的人权问题”。
Venezuela's foreign minister at the time accused Türk of parroting the agenda of "extremists" by citing the allegations.
委内瑞拉当时的外交部长指责图尔克引用这些指控来重复“极端分子”的议程。
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