本周从俄罗斯监狱获释的美国教师因身为美国人而在狱中遭到针对——据报道，他遭受了残忍的身体和性虐待，包括被迫像狗一样爬行。
The US teacher released from a Russian prison this week was singled out behind bars because he’s American — facing heinous physical and sexual abuse, including being forced to crawl around like a dog, according to a report.
“他们把我们当成比动物还糟的东西对待，”前乌克兰囚犯伊戈尔·希什科说，他与来自密歇根州、74岁的退休教师斯蒂芬·哈伯德一起在俄罗斯拘留所里度过了地狱般的时光。
“They treated us worse than animals,” Ihor Shishko, a former Ukrainian prisoner jailed alongside Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired teacher from Michigan, said of the hellish conditions they endured inside the Russian lockup.
哈伯德周三获释，此前美俄双方进行了谈判。他因被指控在乌克兰作为雇佣兵作战而被监禁四年多。
Hubbard was freed on Wednesday following negotiations between the US and Moscow after being jailed for more than four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.
当时正在圣彼得堡访问的美国特使史蒂夫·威特科夫在哈伯德获释后，称赞俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京是一位“人道主义者”。
US envoy Steve Witkoff, who was visting St. Petersburg at the time, praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian,” after Hubbard’s release.
“你一直在谈论我的总统，特朗普总统，是一位人道主义者。先生，您也是一位人道主义者，”威特科夫对这位俄罗斯领导人说。
“You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir,” Witkoff told the Russian leader.
然而，据《泰晤士报》报道，与哈伯德一起在俄罗斯西部布良斯克地区被关押的前乌克兰囚犯伊戈尔·希什科称，哈伯德在狱中遭到了可怕的殴打、电击和性侵害。
However, Hubbard was horrifically beaten, electrically shocked, and sexually assaulted while behind bars, according to Ihor Shishko, a former Ukrainian prisoner who was jailed alongside the teacher in the Bryansk region of western Russia, the Times reported.
这名前囚犯目前在乌克兰东北部经营一家退伍军人康复中心，他抨击威特科夫对普京吹捧为“人道主义者”的行为是“可耻且卑鄙的”。希什科声称，哈伯德被迫在监狱里像狗一样爬行，遭受电击酷刑，以及涉及生殖器触摸游戏的性虐待以换取食物，希什科对该媒体表示。
The former prisoner, who now runs a veteran’s rehabilitation center in northeast Ukraine, blasted Witkoff’s flattery of Putin as a “humanitarian” as “shameful and despicable.”Shishko claimed Hubbard was forced to crawl around prison like a dog, faced electric shock torture, and sexual abuse involving genital touching games in exchange for food, Shishko told the outlet.
他补充说，在哈伯德服七年刑期期间，他为哈伯德的膝盖包扎，因为哈伯德被迫在地板上爬行，皮肤已经磨破，而这座监狱寒冷且极其拥挤。
He added that he bandaged Hubbard’s knees after his skin rubbed away from being forced to crawl on the floor while he served a seven-year sentence in the frigid, highly cramped prison.
“你怎么能以任何意义上称之为人道主义，这完全令人费解，就像是某种政治游戏。如果史蒂夫·威特科夫不知道对斯蒂芬和我们做了什么，他本应该知道，”希什科说。希什科表示，狱警似乎专门针对哈伯德，因为他是美国人。
“How you can refer to that as humanitarianism in any sense is just totally baffling, like it’s some sort of political game. If Steve Witkoff didn’t know what was done to Stephen and us, he should have known,’ Shishko said. Shishko said that prison guards appeared to single out Hubbard for being an American.
“这是为了让我们认清自己的位置，表明他们恨我们，也是为了他们自己的快乐。每一天，一年365天都是如此，”他说。“每当换班，狱警听说那里有个美国人，就像说：‘美国人在哪？把他带过来’。而且因为他比较特殊，他们对他更严厉。”希什科说，由于哈伯德不懂俄语或乌克兰语，他还面临严重的社交隔离。
“It was to show us our place, to show that they hated us, and for their own pleasure. It was every day, 365 days a year,” he said. “Every time there was a rotation of guards and they heard there was an American there, it was like, ‘where is the American? Bring him here’. And they were more harsh in his case because he was unusual.”Hubbard also faced severe social isolation since he spoke no Russian or Ukrainian, Shishko said.
“对斯蒂芬来说，精神上也更难熬，因为他不明白为什么被关押，”希什科说。“乌克兰人或多或少已经接受了命运，但他总试图解释为什么他不该待在这里，以及他有权利。
“For Stephen, it was mentally harder too because he didn’t understand why he was being held,” said Shishko. “The Ukrainians more or less had accepted their fate, but he always tried to explain why he shouldn’t be here and that he had rights.
“我们百分之百清楚斯蒂芬从未当过兵，这点非常明显。”哈伯德是美国空军退伍军人，曾在海外教英语，2012年退休去了塞浦路斯。据他的律师说，他后来搬到乌克兰与一位相识的女子在一起，关系结束后仍留在该国。
“It was 100 percent clear to us that Stephen had never been a soldier and that was very obvious.”Hubbard, a US Air Force veteran, taught English overseas and retired to Cyprus in 2012. He later moved to Ukraine to be with a woman he had met and remained in the country after the relationship ended, his lawyers have said.
检方辩称，哈伯德在俄罗斯2022年入侵后与乌克兰军方签了合同，随基辅一方作战，直到两个月后的4月被俘。
Prosecutors argued that Hubbard signed a contract with the Ukrainian military after Russia’s invasion in 2022, fighting with Kyiv until he was captured two months later in April.
2024年，他被判处七年监禁。他的律师和家人否认俄罗斯指控他参与任何军事活动的说法。
In 2024, he was sentenced to seven years in prison. His lawyers and family have denied Russia’s accusations that he was involved in any military activity.
“他只是诱饵。一切都是为了诱饵。这才是他们绑架美国人的原因，”他的妹妹帕特里夏·哈伯德·福克斯在接受美联社采访时说。
“He was just for bait. It was all about bait. And that’s why they kidnap Americans,” his sister, Patricia Hubbard Fox, said in an interview with The Associated Press.
“史蒂文·詹姆斯·哈伯德就是美国的面孔，”她说。“他们可以对任何人这么做。他们只是碰巧看到了他。‘哦，那是个美国人，去抓他吧。’”据哈伯德·福克斯说，这位退休教师直到被带上飞机、看到美国国旗时才知道自己获释了。
“Steven James Hubbard is the face of America,” she said. “They could do that to anybody. They just happened to see him. ‘Oh, that’s an American, let’s go get him.’”The retired teacher didn’t know he was being released until he was boarded onto a plane and saw the American flag, according to Hubbard Fox.
特朗普周三晚间告诉记者，哈伯德预计将在未来几天访问白宫。他被送往圣安东尼奥接受评估。
Hubbard is expected to visit the White House in the coming days, Trump told reporters on Wednesday night. He was taken to San Antonio for an evaluation.