176 柬埔寨发布关于战争犯罪的报告

176 柬埔寨发布关于战争犯罪的报告

Cambodia Group Issues Report on War Crimes
Alisha Ryu
Hong Kong
16 Jul 2001 14:00 UTC

In Cambodia, human rights activists¹ are 1)applauding the release of a report they say proves the direct involvement of seven former Khmer Rouge² leaders in the mass murder of Cambodians, nearly three 2)decades ago.
The non-profit legal organization - Coalition³ for International Justice CIJ) - issued the report along with the War Crimes Research Office, a law school division at the American University in Washington, DC.
The CIJ says two U.S. scholars used new 3)archival evidence to determine that seven of the surviving leaders under Khmer Rouge founder⁴ Pol Pot were directly involved in decisions that led to the deaths of nearly two million people between 1975 and 1979.
The evidence includes minutes of party meetings, telegrams, reports from the killing⁵ fields and prisons, personal notes of Khmer Rouge officials and confessions⁶ of executed Khmer Rouge soldiers.
The authors say they clearly show that Pol Pot's deputy and chief 4)ideologue, Nuon Chea, devised and implemented⁷ the execution policies while the foreign minister Ieng Sary, and the Khmer Rouge's nominal⁸ leader, Khieu Samphan, encouraged and facilitated the 5)executions. The information the authors say refutes the defense⁹ that only Pol Pot, who died in 1998, was responsible for the 6)genocide.
The 7)accused men struck a deal with the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen in 1996 and are living freely in Cambodia. Only two men mentioned in the report are in government 8)custody: top military commander Ta Mok; and the director of the Khmer Rouge torture center in Phnom Penh, Kaing Khek lev, better known as "Duch." In Phnom Penh, Youk Chhang is the director of the center that houses most of the documents the authors used. He praises the report. He says the findings should put more pressure on the Cambodian Government to speed up the establishment of a U.N. 9)tribunal to try all of the leaders for war 10)crimes. "This is publicly known and therefore the government has to answer," he says. "I am very confident that they cannot escape this issue because people everywhere want to know what happened."
The Hun Sen government has come under international criticism for its 11)reluctance in setting up a tribunal. Critics say it is because Hun Sen, himself, was a former Khmer Rouge soldier who defected in 1977. But the government insists it is out of concern that a 12)prolonged and bitter trial could 13)upset the political peace in Cambodia.

(1) applaud[E5plC:d]v.拍手喝彩, 称赞, 赞同
(2) decade[5dekeId]n.十年, 十
(3) archival[B:`kaIvEl]adj.关于档案的
(4) ideologue[5aIdIElR^]n.理论家, 思想家,空想家
(5) execution[eksI5kju:F(E)n]n.实行, 完成, 执行, 死刑, 制作
(6) genocide[5dVenEsaId]n.有计划的灭种和屠杀
(7) accuse[E5kju:z]vt.控告, 谴责, 非难
(8) custody[5kQstEdI]n.保官
(9) tribunal[traI5bju:n(E)l]n.法官席, 审判员席, (特等)法庭
(10) crime[kraIm]n.犯罪, 犯罪行为, 罪行, 罪恶
(11) reluctance[rI5lQktEns]n.不愿, 勉强
(12) prolonged[prE5lRNd]adj.延长的, 拖延的
(13) upset[5Qpset]vt.颠覆, 推翻, 扰乱vi.翻倒, 倾覆n.翻倒, 混乱

 

1 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 rouge   

n.胭脂，口红唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口红

参考例句：

• Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。
• She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。

3 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

4 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 confessions   

n.承认( confession的名词复数 )；自首；声明；（向神父的）忏悔

参考例句：

• It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions. 既不诱供也不逼供。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

8 nominal   

adj.名义上的；(金额、租金)微不足道的

参考例句：

• The king was only the nominal head of the state. 国王只是这个国家名义上的元首。
• The charge of the box lunch was nominal.午餐盒饭收费很少。

9 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。