２９１：後藤健二さんの妻Rinkoさんの個人声明と英国支援団体の追悼の辞英文原文：A personal statement from Kenji Goto's wife, Rinko. ;Remembering Kenji Goto,T.Carr

　

　本日、２月１日にロンドンの支援団体RPTを通じて出された（１）後藤健二さんの妻の英文による個人声明と、（２）同団体のディレクターによる後藤健二さん追悼の声明は次のとおりです。

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（１）Rinkoさんの個人声明→英文オリジナルは以下のとおり：

Sunday, 01 February 2015 Written by Rinko, wife of Kenji Goto

A personal statement from Kenji Goto's wife, Rinko. 

My family and I are devastated by the news of Kenji’s death. He was not just my loving husband and father to our two beautiful children, but a son, brother and friend to many around the world.

While feeling a great personal loss, I remain extremely proud of my husband who reported the plight of people in conflict areas like Iraq, Somalia and Syria.
 It was his passion to highlight the effects on ordinary people, especially through the eyes of children, and to inform the rest of us of the tragedies of war.

I would like to thank everyone who has offered their support to myself and our family over these last difficult few months.

As you can imagine this is an extremely difficult time for our family. I would ask that the media please respect our privacy and allow us time to come to terms with our loss.

Rinko

→共同通信による翻訳は以下のとおり：

後藤健二さん（４７）の妻が英国のジャーナリスト支援団体を通じて発表した声明は次の通り。
　
　家族と私は夫の死の知らせに打ちのめされました。彼は私の愛する夫であり、２人のかわいい娘たちの父親であるだけではなく、親やきょうだいもいて、世界中に多くの友人がいました。
　とても大きな喪失を感じる一方で、イラクやソマリア、シリアのような紛争地で人々の苦しみを伝えてきた夫を大変誇りに思っています。
　夫は、特に子どもたちの目を通じ、普通の人々への影響に光を当て、戦争の悲劇を私たちに伝えることに情熱を傾けてきました。
　この非常に厳しい数カ月間、私や家族をご支援いただいた皆さまに感謝したいと思います。
　察していただけると思いますが、私たち家族にとっては極めて苦しい時です。メディアの皆さんには、私たちのプライバシーを尊重し、夫の死を受け入れる時間をいただければと思います。

＝声明は英語。個人情報に関わる部分を一部割愛。（共同）

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 （２）RPTディレクター、ティナ・カーさんの→後藤健二さんの追憶文：

 

Remembering Kenji Goto

Sunday, 01 February 2015 Written by Tina Carr

The Japanese freelancer, who has been killed by Islamic State, was committed to covering humanitarian issues and the stories of ordinary people caught up in conflict.

We are horrified and deeply saddened by the killing of freelancer Kenji Goto by Islamic State. 

Kenji, 47, was an experienced and respected journalist - one of the very few freelancers working in Japan.  He had covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Albania, Chechnya, Iraq, Liberia and Sierra Leone before travelling to Syria.  In 1996 Kenji set up the news agency Independent Press which focused on the coverage of humanitarian issues and ordinary people - especially children - caught up in conflict.  In addition to his reporting, he made documentaries that aired on NHK and Asahi TV, and authored several books.

Kenji was well known to us at the Trust – a friend and supporter of our work and a regular entrant to the Rory Peck Awards.  His death is a huge loss to everyone who knew him. What his family has been through is unimaginable and we hope that everyone will respect their privacy.

Kenji Goto is the third international freelance journalist to be executed by Islamic State.


Tina Carr
Director, RPT