「自由女神像」:I Can't Breathe

5月25日（周一），美國明尼蘇達州明尼阿波利斯市，一名手無寸鐵的非裔男子喬治·弗洛伊德（George Floyd）因白人警察暴力執法而死亡。隨後引發社會示威抗議，暴力迅速升級。至今日，明尼蘇達州暴力騷亂已經蔓延到美國至少22個州。弗洛伊德的死亡引發了美國乃至全世界的憤怒，各界呼籲美國當局追究責任，並在調查此事件時正視「美國的人權狀況和根深蒂固的種族主義問題。」The death of unarmed African American George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis earlier this week has led to nationwide outrage in the U.S. and across the world, with calls for police accountability and investigations and questions on the human rights situation and entrenched racism in the United States.

俄國外交部

在29日晚（周五）俄羅斯外交部就此事件發表聲明表示，明尼蘇達州的動亂揭露了美國積累已久、嚴重的人權問題。俄羅斯外交部聲明稱，「 這不是第一起暴露出美國'執法者違法和過度使用暴力』的事件。美國警察經常犯下如此令人髮指的罪行，美國人權的系統性問題顯然是『冰凍三尺，非一日之寒』。」The unrest in Minnesota demonstrates that serious human rights problems have accumulated in the United States, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday."This incident is not the first in the string of incidents exposing lawlessness and unjustified violence by 'guardians of law and order' in the United States," the statement read."Such high-profile crimes are being committed by U.S. police officers too often. The U.S. has evidently accumulated endemic problems in the human rights sphere," it noted.在過去的幾年中，美國發生了許多警察殺死手無寸鐵平民的事件。這些事件經常引發大規模騷亂。因此俄羅斯呼籲美國徹底調查最近的這個事件。

觀察者網

俄羅斯外交部表示，「美國應認真履行國際義務，使其國家立法符合聯合國關於執法人員使用武力和武器的基本原則。除此以外，還要徹底地、妥善地處理弗洛伊德被白人警察殺害這一案件。」"We call upon the U.S. authorities to return to fulfillment of international obligations, to bring its national legislation into accordance with basic UN principles on the use of force and firearms by law enforcement officers, and, of course, to thoroughly investigate the murder of George Floyd," the ministry said.中國國務院新聞辦公室3月13日發布的《2019年美國侵犯人權報告》顯示，歧視和種族主義是美國無視人權的重要方面。
該報告所依據的資料來源於有關美國人權記錄的研究、公開數據和媒體報導。報告稱，美國種族仇恨犯罪震驚世界，警察槍殺和殘暴虐待非洲裔案件頻發。非洲裔成年人被監禁的概率是白人成年人的5.9倍。According to a report on human rights violations in the United States issued by China in March, discrimination and racism are prominent aspects of disregard to human rights in the U.S.The report is based on research, published data and media reports about human rights record in the U.S. and found that African American adults are 5.9 times more likely to be incarcerated than their white compatriots.

擁有「自由女神像」，高舉「民主、自由、人權」旗幟的美國，有真正的人權嗎？這是一個令人深思的問題。

除了俄羅斯外交部對此事件表態外，我國外交部發言人華春瑩在推特上發文寫道「我無法呼吸」。這句話是弗洛伊德在被一名白人警察用膝部壓住頸部伏在地上時說的最後一句話，他呻吟著說「求求你!我無法呼吸」以及「請不要殺我」。Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying wrote "I can't breathe" on Twitter in reference to the last sentence Floyd said as a police officer pinned him down to the ground with his knee on the 46-year-old man's neck, as shown in a video filmed by a passerby.該場景畫面被人拍攝後上傳至社交媒體平臺，得到全世界廣泛的關注，此視頻使世界各地的人們見證了在「最自由的、最民主的」美國發生的一起悲慘事件。此後, 「我無法呼吸」（I can't breathe）成為伸張正義者的口號。許多網友在推特上紛紛跟帖回復，「我無法呼吸」，並貼出了弗洛伊德遭暴力執法時的照片來批評美國警察對非洲裔美國人的歧視。Many online retweeted the post with a cartoon depicting the scene and criticizing how U.S. police treats African Americans.

加納前總統傑裡·約翰·羅林斯（Jerry John Rawlings) 也譴責種族主義者殺害弗洛伊德的行為。他在推特上寫道，「看到美國人對這件悲慘事件的示威是令人振奮的。川普本可以靠著這事件來稍微挽救一下他的形象，但毫無疑問川普可以把它搞的更糟糕！」

The chairperson ofthe African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat. /PHOTO Courtesy: MoussaFaki Mahamat - Twitter

非洲聯盟委員會（AUC）主席穆薩·法基·馬哈馬特（Moussa Faki Mahamat）也譴責該事件，他表示，不接受「對非洲裔美國公民的持續歧視」 ，並「希望美國政府官員盡最大努力消除一切種族歧視。」The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat also condemned the murder of Floyd, reiterating the African Union's rejection of the continuing discriminatory practices against black U.S. citizens.In the statement by spokesperson Ebba Kalondo on behalf of Mahamat, the AUC chairperson urged the U.S. "to intensify their efforts to ensure the total elimination of all forms of discrimination based on race or ethnic origin."

弗洛伊德在警察暴力執法時感到 「無法呼吸」，像弗洛伊德一樣的、更多的有色人種是否會在自我標榜「連空氣中都充滿自由」的美國感到「無法呼吸」呢？

你能想像嗎？全世界正面對疫情的當下，還有無辜的人被如此殘忍地對待。