VOA常速英语2017--美国谴责阿塞拜疆逮捕新闻社主编（在线收听）

Azerbaijani authorities have arrested Mehman Aliyev, editor-in-chief of Turan Information Agency, and sentenced him to three months of pre-trial detention pending trial on charges of tax-evasion and abuse-of-power.

阿塞拜疆当局逮捕了图兰新闻社的主编阿利耶夫(Mehman Aliyev)，并判处其3个月的审前羁押，等候逃税和滥用职权罪名的庭审发落。

U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said, We are deeply troubled by the August 24 arrest and three-month pretrial detention of Mehman Aliyev, the prominent editor-in-chief of Azerbaijan's only remaining independent media outlet, Turan Information Agency. Other restrictive actions against Turan, include freezing its bank accounts and initiating tax evasion charges against it, are also troubling.

美国国务院发言人诺尔特表示，我们为8月24日对阿利耶夫的逮捕行为以及对其长达3个月的审前羁押表示深深的忧虑，而此人是阿塞拜疆硕果仅存的一家独立媒体图兰新闻社声名卓著的主编。其他限制图兰新闻社的行为还包括冻结其银行账户，以逃税罪名起诉该新闻社，这些行为让人十分担忧。

These actions by the government of Azerbaijan to curtail freedom of press and to further restrict freedom of expression, said Ms. Nauert, are the latest in a negative trend that includes the government's May decision to block access to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other independent media websites.

诺尔特表示，阿塞拜疆政府的这些行为限制了媒体自由，也进一步限制了言论自由。而这些行为只是最近负面趋势的一个表现。其他表现还有：阿塞拜疆政府曾于5月份决定阻止接入自由欧洲电台/自由电台以及其他多个独立媒体网站。

The United States urges the government of Azerbaijan to immediately release Mehman Aliyev, and all those incarcerated for exercising their fundamental freedoms, in accordance with its international and OSCE obligations.

美国敦促阿塞拜疆政府立刻释放阿利耶夫以及所有因行使自己根本自由权利而受到监禁的人，履行阿塞拜疆政府的国际义务和其在欧洲安全与合作委员会中的义务。