VOA标准英语2009年-Freed Guantanamo Detainee is Back in Britain

Terror suspect Binyam Mohamed, who was a British resident, has returned to the United Kingdom after being released from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, where he had been held by U.S. military authorities for more than four years. Mohamed says he went through an experience he never thought to encounter in his "darkest nightmares," alleging¹ he was abducted², transferred from one country to the next and tortured in what he described as "medieval ways" - moves he alleged³ were orchestrated by the U.S.
　
Former British resident Binyam Mohamed, center wearing white cap is accompanied by officials at Northolt military base in west London, 23 Feb 2009

His plane touched down at a British air force base near London and shortly afterward⁴ Binyam Mohamed walked down the steps, across the tarmac and into a terminal building for an interview with police and immigration officials.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband welcomed Mohamed's return.

"His release and return from Guantanamo Bay is the result of a number of years of work by officials and with him and his team," he said.

Mohamed was born in Ethiopia and came to Britain with his family in 1994. They were granted asylum⁵ and given temporary residency.

Mohamed later converted to Islam and says he headed to Pakistan and Afghanistan to experience Islamic society and get away from a bad circle of friends back in Britain.

Mohamed was arrested in Pakistan in April of 2002. His lawyers claim he was held for nearly four months and tortured. They say Mohamed was then sent on a secret CIA flight to Morocco where he faced further torture and abuse and made what he says was a false confession⁶ because of it.

Morocco denies it ever held Mohamed and the United States says he was not the subject of a special rendition flight. Mohamed's lawyers say he was transferred to a U.S. military site in Afghanistan and then to Guantanamo in 2004.

Mohamed was charged with conspiring⁷ with al-Qaida members to commit terrorism and stood accused of involvement in a "dirty bomb" plot against U.S. targets. He was never tried and U.S. authorities dropped all charges.

Binyam Mohamed is the first Guantanamo detainee to be released since President Barack Obama took office.

In London, Foreign Secretary David Miliband welcomed the move.

"We very much welcome President Obama's commitment to close Guantanamo Bay and I see today's return of Binyam Mohamed as the first step towards that shared goal," said Miliband.

Mohamed has implicated⁸ British intelligence in his torture. Recently two high court judges were persuaded not to release details of his torture allegations for fear that might hinder intelligence sharing with the United States.

Kate Allen of Amnesty International says there must be a full inquiry⁹.

"It is absolutely essential now that there be an independent inquiry into the role of the U.K. in secret detention¹⁰ and rendition and the travesty¹¹ of justice that has taken place at Guantanamo in terms of Binyam Mohamed," said Allen.

After his arrival in Britain, Mohamed was detained under British anti-terrorism laws, but he has not been arrested. His residency permit expired while he was in Guantanamo and the Foreign Office has said he will now be subject to immigration restrictions¹² as would any foreign resident.

1 alleging   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。
• This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。

2 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

5 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

6 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

7 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。

8 implicated   

adj.密切关联的；牵涉其中的

参考例句：

• These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

10 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

11 travesty   

n.歪曲，嘲弄，滑稽化

参考例句：

• The trial was a travesty of justice.这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性。
• The play was,in their view,a travesty of the truth.这个剧本在他们看来是对事实的歪曲。

12 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制