Zimbabwe's PM alleges persecution

Zimbabwe（津巴布韦） Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has accused the Zanu-PF party of President Robert Mugabe of persecuting¹ his MDC group.

He said Zanu-PF violated(侵犯) the law and spread "the language of hate", and vowed² not to let it continue.

Mr Tsvangirai and President Mugabe signed a power-sharing agreement a year ago, after a disputed election.

Meanwhile EU envoys³ completed talks with Zimbabwe's leaders, and said there were still concerns about human rights.

On Sunday Mr Tsvangirai spoke⁴ at a rally marking 10 years of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

"I am not going to stand by while Zanu-PF continues to violate the law, persecutes⁵ our members of parliament, spreads the language of hate, invades（入侵） our productive farms [and] ignores our international treaties," he said.


ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS
EU: 2002 to present
Assets freeze and travel ban on some Mugabe allies, arms-sale ban
US: 2003 to present
Trade ban against 250 Zimbabwean individuals and 17 companies
Other countries
Canada, Australia and UK among nations to have imposed their own targeted sanctions
Sources: EU, Reuters, US treasury⁶, UK Foreign Office


Tentative thaw⁷ in EU-Zimbabwe ties
He went on: "We want partners who are going to commit themselves to good governance principles（原则）.

"We cannot have partners of looters."

The EU talks, lasting⁸ two days, were the first in seven years with Mr Mugabe.

The delegation⁹ said more needed to be done to stabilise the year-old power-sharing agreement, as the leaders disagreed on its terms.

European Commissioner¹⁰ for Development and Humanitarian¹¹ Aid Karel de Gucht said: "They do not have the same reading of the same document.

"They have a different reading on how this should be done and at what speed."

The reports of human-rights violations¹² were also "unacceptable and not the spirit" of the agreement, said Swedish Development Minister Gunilla Carlsson.

President Mugabe had earlier said the talks had gone well, while again calling for international sanctions imposed since disputed presidential election in 2002 to be lifted.

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1 persecuting   

（尤指宗教或政治信仰的）迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的现在分词 )； 烦扰，困扰或骚扰某人

参考例句：

• This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor, fatherless child, as he called him. 当老恩萧发现他的儿子这样虐待他所谓的可怜的孤儿时，这种逆来顺受使老恩萧冒火了。
• He is possessed with the idea that someone is persecuting him. 他老是觉得有人要害他。

2 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

3 envoys   

使节( envoy的名词复数 )； 公使； 谈判代表； 使节身份

参考例句：

• the routine tit for tat when countries expel each other's envoys 国家相互驱逐对方使节这种惯常的报复行动
• Marco Polo's travelogue mentions that Kublai Khan sent envoys to Malgache. 马可波罗游记中提到忽必烈曾派使节到马尔加什。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 persecutes   

（尤指宗教或政治信仰的）迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的第三人称单数 )； 烦扰，困扰或骚扰某人

参考例句：

6 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

7 thaw   

v.（使）融化，（使）变得友善；n.融化，缓和

参考例句：

• The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
• The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。

8 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

9 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

10 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

11 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

12 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。