Spain charges somalia 'pirates' 西班牙审理两个索马里“海盗”

A Spanish judge has charged two Somalis with piracy-related offences as their colleagues refuse to release a Spanish boat hijacked in the Indian Ocean.

一位西班牙法官指控两个索马里人犯有海盗行为，他们的同伙拒绝释放在印度洋劫持的一艘西班牙船只。

The Alakrana was captured in on 2 October in the Indian Ocean

The two men have been charged with illegal detention, criminal association and armed robbery, among other charges.

The pair, named as Abdu Willy and Raagegeesey, were arrested by Spain's navy as they left the Alakrana vessel.

The pirates have repeated their demand that the two arrested men be released before negotiations for the boat begin.

The Alakrana vessel was seized in early October in the Indian Ocean and taken to the Somali port town of Harardere, the hub of piracy in the region.

"We decided that we shall not negotiate about releasing crew and vessel until our two comrades are freed and brought back safely to Harardere," Hassan Abdulkadir, one of the pirates holding the vessel, told Reuters.

Mr Abdulkadir, who said he was a relative of the two Somali men charged in Spain, said the crew - including members from Spain, Ghana, Indonesia, Madagascar, Senegal and the Seychelles - were in good health.

Many pirates have escaped prosecution because of doubts about the borders of jurisdiction（司法权，管辖权）. In May, a court in Spain surrendered a group of Somali pirates to Kenya after trying to bring them to Spain.

Last year, the crew of another Spanish boat was freed by pirates in the same area after a ransom（赎金） of a reported $1.2m (£750,000) was paid, according to Somali officials.