シリア人写真家が仏パリのデモで負傷、よみがえる内戦の記憶

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】仏パリで29日、警察の暴力に対する抗議デモで、複数の受賞歴を持つシリア人報道写真家、アミール・ハルビ氏（24）が負傷した。ハルビ氏は、「激しいショック」を受け、母国での内戦の記憶がよみがえったと語った。（写真は仏パリ市内で行われたデモで負傷し、救急隊の手当てを受けるアミール・ハルビ氏）
　ハルビ氏はフリーランスの写真家として、ＡＦＰと契約。故郷のシリア・アレッポでの内戦の様子を伝え、複数の国際的な賞を受賞した。
　ハルビ氏は２８日に行われたデモのさなかに頭を負傷したが、デモで数時間身動きが取れず、病院に行くことができなかったと明らかにした。
　その状況についてハルビ氏は、「シリアの光景が頭の中によみがえった」と述べた。「１５歳の時、手を２発撃たれて負傷し、アレッポでのデモで身動きが取れなくなったことがある。昨夜（２８日夜）、アレッポが私の頭の中によみがえった」
　ＡＦＰは２９日、今回の出来事を非難する声明を発表。ＡＦＰグローバルニュースディレクターのフィル・シェトウィンド氏は、「私たちは同僚のアミール・ハルビが負傷したことにショックを受けており、このいわれのない攻撃を非難する」と表明した。
　警察筋は２９日、ハルビ氏が抗議デモで負傷した状況を確認するための内部調査が始まったと明らかにした。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/11/30-13:14）

An award-winning Syrian photojournalist wounded in a Paris protest against police brutality said Sunday he had suffered a heavy shock and the experience had reawoken memories from the civil war in his home country.
Ameer Alhalbi, a freelance photographer who has worked for AFP, said after being hurt in the protests Saturday he was trapped for several hours with head wounds unable to get to hospital.
I am better this morning, said Alhalbi, who won several international awards for his coverage of the Syrian conflict in his home city of Aleppo for AFP.
But the shock was very heavy, especially yesterday when I found myself wounded, bleeding heavily in my face and stuck for two hours in the demonstration -- wedged between demonstrators and the police who did not want to let us out to get to hospital, he told AFP.
Images of Syria surged back into my head... I was aged 15 when I found myself blocked in a demonstration in Aleppo, wounded by two bullets in my hand. It was Aleppo that came back to me last (Saturday) night.
He said that when police had began a charge to disperse the crowds in Paris he was in a group of four to five photographers who were clearly recognisable as such.
Alhabi, who has also worked for Polka Magazine, was seen with a bruised face and much of his head covered in bandages in AFP photos.
Christophe Deloire, secretary general of Reporters Without Borders, tweeted that the 24-year-old had been wounded at Place de la Bastille by a police baton.
Polka Magazine and AFP both condemned the incident in statements Sunday.
We are shocked by the injuries suffered by our colleague Ameer al-Halbi and condemn the unprovoked violence, said Phil Chetwynd, AFP's global news director, demanding that the police investigate the incident.