「人権侵害」重ねて主張か　ゴーン被告、８日に会見

　【ベイルート時事】日産自動車の前会長カルロス・ゴーン被告は８日、レバノンの首都ベイルートで記者会見を行う。被告の弁護士が取材に対し、明らかにした。ゴーン被告はこの中で、日本からトルコ経由でレバノンに逃亡した理由について、「日本で人権侵害を受けた」と重ねて主張し、自らの行動の正当性を訴える公算が大きいとみられている。
　弁護士によれば、会見は現地時間午後３時（日本時間同１０時）に行われる。詳細は明らかにされていないが、被告関係筋は「一部のメディアのみ出席が許可される可能性が高い」と話している。（2020/01/06-16:55）

Former Nissan Motor Co. leader Carlos Ghosn is expected to justify his escape to Lebanon from Japan by claiming human rights violations he suffered in Japan at a press conference slated this week, according to sources close to him.
   A lawyer for the former chairman of the major Japanese automaker has said that Ghosn will meet the press in the Lebanese capital of Beirut from 3 p.m. Wednesday (1 p.m. GMT).
   Ghosn, who has been charged with financial misconduct, fled to Lebanon via Turkey late last month while on bail ahead of his trial. A source close to Ghosn said that only a limited number of journalists will likely be invited to attend the press conference.
   "I can now finally communicate freely with the media and look forward to starting next week," Ghosn, 65, said in a statement released immediately after he arrived in Beirut on Dec. 30. Ghosn is believed to be fully preparing for the press conference, after almost shutting down communications with the media since the release of the statement.
   Ricardo Karam, a journalist who has been acquainted with Ghosn for some 20 years, said that Ghosn was deprived of basic human rights after his release on bail, citing a ban on his meeting with his wife, among other things. Ghosn was not treated based on the presumption of innocence, Karam also said. Ghosn is expected to speak about these things at the press conference, Karam said.