BBC News Top Stories-World Australian Cheng Lei freed from China detention
October 11, 2023 2 min 288 words
这则报道是一个积极的消息，澳大利亚记者程梨在中国被羁押三年多后终于获释，回到了澳大利亚。澳大利亚总理安东尼·阿尔班尼宣布了这一消息，他表示她已经与家人团聚，结束了她家庭的艰难时光。这次释放标志着一个长时间的等待，对澳大利亚人民来说也是一个好消息。 然而，这个案件依然充满许多疑点。程梨在2020年被指控“非法向国外提供国家机密”，但相关指控从未公开，她也未被判刑。她在羁押期间的困苦条件，特别是六个月的单独拘留，引发了国际社会的关切。这一案件的细节和合法程序仍然需要更多的透明度和解释。 澳大利亚政府和澳大利亚人民对程梨的回归感到高兴，但这也应该促使国际社会继续追求对人权的尊重和法治的透明度，以确保没有人会再次经历这样的困境。这是一个机会，可以呼吁中国政府更多地遵循国际法和法治原则。
Journalist Cheng Lei has returned home to Australia after more than three years of detention in China.
"She was met at the airport by the Foreign Minister Penny Wong," Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, announcing her release.
Cheng Lei was working as a business reporter for China's state-run English language TV station CGTN when she was arrested on 13 August 2020.
She was later accused of "illegally supplying state secrets overseas".
Her charges were never made public, and she was never sentenced.
Mr Albanese has said she has been reunited with her two children in Melbourne.
"Her return brings an end to a very difficult few years for her family. The government has been seeking this for a long period of time and her return will be warmly welcomed not just by her family and friends but by all Australians," Mr Albanese said.
He added that her matter "was concluded through the legal processes in China".
Ms Cheng spent the first six months of her detention in solitary confinement without charge.
In August, she spoke publicly for the first time about her imprisonment in an open letter to the people of Australia which had been dictated to a group of diplomats who were able to speak with her each month.
"I miss the sun. In my cell, the sunlight shines through the window, but I can stand in it for only 10 hours a year. I can't believe I used to avoid the sun when I was living back in Australia… It'll probably rain the first two weeks I'm back in Melbourne."
"I haven't seen a tree in three years," she said.