VOA慢速英语：香港抗议活动领导人全部避免牢狱之灾

Hong Kong Protest Leaders Avoid Jail Time

香港抗议活动领导人全部避免牢狱之灾

Three leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests in 2014 were sentenced on Monday. All three avoided jail time.

三名2014年香港民主抗议活动领导人本周一获刑，三人全部避免了牢狱之灾。

A judge sentenced Joshua Wong, 19, to 120 hours of community service. Nathan Law, 23, was ordered to perform 80 hours.

法官判处黄之峰.19岁，120小时社区服务劳役。劳内森，23岁，80小时社区服务劳役。

The most famous leader of the protests, 19-year-old Alex Chow, was sentenced to three weeks in prison. But his sentence was suspended for a year while he attends school in Britain.

其中最有名的抗议活动领导人，19岁的艾利克斯.周，被判处三周刑期。但是，该判决很可能延缓一年，因为此时，他在英国读书。

The three student activists entered a fenced-off area of Hong Kong’s government offices in September 2014. They were protesting Chinese government plans to restrict elections in Hong Kong. Police detained the young men and other protesters.

2014年9月三名学生积极分子进入香港政府办公室的封闭区域。他们抗议中国政府计划限制香港选举。警察扣留了三名年轻人和其它抗议者。

The arrests led to a massive demonstration along major Hong Kong streets. The protest shut down much of the territory for 79 days.

该逮捕导致了在香港的主要街道大规模的示威活动。抗议封锁了大部分街道，持续了79天。

Judge June Cheung said she handed down light sentences because the three men had no previous criminal history. She said the court also felt the activists did not mean to harm anyone else or to help themselves by their actions.

法官朱诺.张说：她从轻判决，因为三人并没有前科。她说：法庭也感受到了三人主观上并不是想要伤害其他人，所以他们是通过他们自己的行为帮助了他们自己。

“The court believes the three defendants are expressing their views and demands genuinely out of their political beliefs or their concern for society,” the judge said.

法官说：“法庭相信三名被告表达了他们的想法：需要真正的政治信仰或者是对社会的关心”

Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to Chinese rule in 1997. The territory has autonomy from China, but the government in Beijing has refused to grant full democracy.

香港。前英国殖民地，在1997年回归。香港领土自治，但是中国政府拒绝全面民主。

Pro-democracy activists have expressed concerns that China is moving to reduce personal freedoms in Hong Kong.

民主抗议活动积极分子已经表达了对于中国正在限制香港民主自由的关心。

The three activists spoke outside court after the sentences were announced. Chow said the protests showed that the people “are advocating self-determination, or even Hong Kong independence.”

判决之后，三名积极分子庭外言论被曝光。周说：抗议表明了人们“倡导自主甚至是香港独立”

“It is out of their frustration and their hope for a better Hong Kong, a more democratic Hong Kong, a more just Hong Kong,” he said.

他说：不再沮丧，表达了对于更好的香港，更民主的香港，更“香港”的香港的希望！

Wong promised to keep pushing for political reforms in Hong Kong. He said by taking part in non-violent protests, he can show his “commitment and persistence to fight for human rights, democracy and freedom in Hong Kong.”

黄承诺继续在香港推动政治改革。他通过和无暴力抗议者的谈话表示：他能实现他的承诺和坚持为香港人权、民主和自由抗议的信心。

I’m Ashley Thompson.

艾斯利报道。