Consider the victims of torture from Central America to Côte d’Ivoire to Pakistan; the legal harassment – not least of journalists – in Egypt; the persecution of gays in Russia and Uganda; human trafficking, prevalent even in developed countries; and the abduction of young Christian women in northern Nigeria. In many countries, political dissidents (like the captives in “Fidelio”) are locked up – or worse – in defiance of the clear and open procedures that should ensure the rule of law.
从中非到科特迪瓦到巴基斯坦，酷刑肆虐；在埃及，合法骚扰公行（不仅仅是针对记者）；在俄罗斯和乌干达，同性恋饱受迫害；在发达国家，人口贩卖也禁而不绝；在尼日利亚北部，年轻的女基督徒惨遭绑架。在许多国家，政治异见者（就像《费德里奥》中的囚犯）遭到关押——甚至更糟——本应确保法治精神的清晰公开程序荡然无存。