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访谈录 2010-08-27&08-31 “以骨还骨”弄断凶手脊椎

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Human rights groups have appealed to Saudi authorities not to deliberately1 sever2 the spinal3 cord of a man who allegedly paralyzed someone else in a fight. Amnesty International has said that would violate United Nations Convention on Torture as well as principles of medical ethics4. Could the Saudis be backing down, well, we'd go live to CNN’s Mohammed Jamjoom in Abu Dhabi. Mohammed, tell us what is the latest here. Obviously, this has surprised and shocked a lot of people who’ve heard about this case recently.
Suzanne, a high ranking Saudi government official told me just a short while ago that the president of the court in Tabuk, that’s the province in Saudi Arabia where this case is happening has denied, has officially denied that paralysis5 as a punishment was ever actually considered by the court there. But here is where it gets complicated, as do most cases in the Saudi Arabia get complicated. In fact, the president of the court also gave an interview to a Saudi newspaper just a few hours ago. And he's quoted to saying that they actually did reach out to the hospitals in Saudi Arabia trying to ascertain6 if this kind of surgery to sever man's spine7 could be done. But he adds this was only done in an effort to convince the plaintiff that this kind of surgery was impossibility that it could not actually be performed in Saudi Arabia. Ultimately now the president of the court is saying that the kind of  judgment8 that would be rendered in this would only include the payment of blood money by the plaintiff to the victim and the victim's family .Susan~So we have seen a number of these controversial cases in Saudi Arabia recently that have been quite shocking actually. Why does this keep happening?
Susan, Saudi Arabia practices the very puritanical9 version of  Islam called Wahhabism. And in that version of Islam, you still see "eye for an eye" type punishments being doled11 out. Judges there have wide discretion12 and latitude13 to try to impose the law, enforce Islam the way they see fit and to dole10 out the kind of punishments they think are appropriate. But what you are seeing  recently are more and more of these controversial cases emerging. In the past few years, we have seen the case of child bride who was refused her request to get a divorce from a man much old than her. We have seen the case of a 19-year-old girl who was raped14 and then she was sentenced to a punishment harsher than the punishment that some of her attackers got. Lately, we saw a sentence of a man who was accused of sorcery in Saudi Arabia, he was sentence to die. That case is still pending15, and because these cases are emerging, it’s really showing the societal struggle that’s going on in Saudi Arabia between the hardliners and between the moderates and the progressives, the moderates and the progressives, they know this kind of cases they will give Saudi Arabia a black eye in the international community, and they want to see a streamlining of justice system  there and they want to see the justice system in the court modernized16; they wanna get rid of what they consider to be this draconian17 type of justice, Susan.
Mohammed, thanks you very much.


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1 deliberately Gulzvq     
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
参考例句:
  • The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
  • They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
2 sever wTXzb     
v.切开,割开;断绝,中断
参考例句:
  • She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.她想断绝和那家公司的所有联系。
  • We must never sever the cultural vein of our nation.我们不能割断民族的文化血脉。
3 spinal KFczS     
adj.针的,尖刺的,尖刺状突起的;adj.脊骨的,脊髓的
参考例句:
  • After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天,就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
  • Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。
4 ethics Dt3zbI     
n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准
参考例句:
  • The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
  • Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
5 paralysis pKMxY     
n.麻痹(症);瘫痪(症)
参考例句:
  • The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。
  • The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。
6 ascertain WNVyN     
vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清
参考例句:
  • It's difficult to ascertain the coal deposits.煤储量很难探明。
  • We must ascertain the responsibility in light of different situtations.我们必须根据不同情况判定责任。
7 spine lFQzT     
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊
参考例句:
  • He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
  • His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。
8 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
9 puritanical viYyM     
adj.极端拘谨的;道德严格的
参考例句:
  • He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.他在性问题上主张克制,反对纵欲。
  • Puritanical grandfather is very strict with his children.古板严厉的祖父对子女要求非常严格。
10 dole xkNzm     
n.救济,(失业)救济金;vt.(out)发放,发给
参考例句:
  • It's not easy living on the dole.靠领取失业救济金生活并不容易。
  • Many families are living on the dole since the strike.罢工以来,许多家庭靠失业救济金度日。
11 doled 86af1872f19d01499d5f6d6e6dbc2b3a     
救济物( dole的过去式和过去分词 ); 失业救济金
参考例句:
  • The food was doled out to the poor. 食品分发给了穷人。
  • Sisco briskly doled out the United States positions on the key issues. 西斯科轻快地把美国在重大问题上的立场放了出去。
12 discretion FZQzm     
n.谨慎;随意处理
参考例句:
  • You must show discretion in choosing your friend.你择友时必须慎重。
  • Please use your best discretion to handle the matter.请慎重处理此事。
13 latitude i23xV     
n.纬度,行动或言论的自由(范围),(pl.)地区
参考例句:
  • The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.该岛的纬度是南纬20度。
  • The two cities are at approximately the same latitude.这两个城市差不多位于同一纬度上。
14 raped 7a6e3e7dd30eb1e3b61716af0e54d4a2     
v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸
参考例句:
  • A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
  • We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致,不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
15 pending uMFxw     
prep.直到,等待…期间;adj.待定的;迫近的
参考例句:
  • The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
  • He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。
16 modernized 4754ec096b71366cfd27a164df163ef2     
使现代化,使适应现代需要( modernize的过去式和过去分词 ); 现代化,使用现代方法
参考例句:
  • By 1985 the entire railway network will have been modernized. 等到1985年整个铁路网就实现现代化了。
  • He set about rebuilding France, and made it into a brilliant-looking modernized imperialism. 他试图重建法国,使它成为一项表面华丽的现代化帝业。
17 draconian Skvzd     
adj.严苛的;苛刻的;严酷的;龙一样的
参考例句:
  • You can't expect the people to obey such draconian regulations.你不能指望人民服从如此严苛的规定。
  • The city needs a draconian way of dealing with robbers.这个城市需要一个严苛的办法来对付强盗。
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