VOA标准英语2010年-Former Bosnian President Granted Bail

Bosnian non-Serb war veterans wave Ejub Ganic's book 'Conversation and Testimonies¹' in support of him in front of UK Embassy in Sarajevo, 05 Mar² 2010

 A British court has agreed to release former Bosnian president Ejup Ganic on bail³ until he can appear in court next month.  Ganic is wanted by Serbia for alleged⁴ war crimes during the war in Bosnia. 

Two British judges decided⁵ to grant former Bosnian president Ejup Ganic bail because the prosecution⁶, acting⁷ on behalf of the Serbian government, produced no new evidence to support the war-crimes charge.

"The Serbian authorities sent through a certain amount of material, a short letter explaining that there had been investigations⁸ since 2003, but obviously not giving any further information.  And it seems that on that basis the court decided that there was really insufficient⁹ grounds at this stage to keep Dr. Ganic in custody," said Stephen Gentle, one of Ganic's lawyers.

The court imposed stringent¹⁰ conditions for release.  Mr. Ganic must be at the London address he has given the court between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and report to a local police station each morning.  The court is holding his passport and the Bosnian government sent a letter saying it would not issue a new one.  The court also has more than one-half-million dollars as a guarantee. 

Outside the court, Mr. Ganic's daughter Emina was jubilant. "This, for us, is a great relief especially for us because we need him you see, he will be the most valuable member of the defense¹¹ team as he is certainly a person with the greatest amount of knowledge of the events at Dobrovoljacka," she said.

The events in question involve an attack on Yugoslav forces withdrawing from Sarajevo in May, 1992 at the start of the Bosnian war.  Serbia claims more than 40 soldiers were killed.  In 2003, lawyers at the international criminal tribunal in the Hague concluded there was not sufficient evidence to charge Mr. Ganic or to determine that war crimes had even been committed.

Mr. Ganic's son Emir Ganic says his father is looking forward to answering the charges. "He is not someone who is going to run away from facing the court because he is innocent," he stated.

About a dozen demonstrators stood outside the court holding signs calling Ganic a war criminal.

Ganic's lawyers say Serbia's actions are purely¹² political, aimed at deflecting¹³ attention from the trial of former Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in the Hague.

Emina Ganic says what is happening to her father here in Britain reflects on her nation. "Make no doubt about it that our whole country is on trial here today and have no doubt it will win," Ganic said.

Mr. Ganic is to appear in court April 13 for Serbia to make its case for extradition¹⁴.
 

1 testimonies   

（法庭上证人的）证词( testimony的名词复数 )； 证明，证据

参考例句：

• Davie poured forth his eloquence upon the controversies and testimonies of the day. 戴维向他滔滔不绝地谈那些当时有争论的问题和上帝的箴言。
• Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. 22求你除掉我所受的羞辱和藐视，因我遵守你的法度。

2 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

3 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

4 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

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

7 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

8 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

9 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

10 stringent   

adj.严厉的；令人信服的；银根紧的

参考例句：

• Financiers are calling for a relaxation of these stringent measures.金融家呼吁对这些严厉的措施予以放宽。
• Some of the conditions in the contract are too stringent.合同中有几项条件太苛刻。

11 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。

12 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

13 deflecting   

（使）偏斜， （使）偏离， （使）转向( deflect的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A variety of mechanical surfaces have been employed for deflecting the exhaust jets of solid-propellant rockets. 人们已经用过各种类型的机械控制面来偏转固体推进剂火箭的排气流。
• If she made a leading statement, he was expert deflecting her into more impersonal channels. 只要她一开口，他就会巧妙地把她的话题转到与个人无关的问题上去。

14 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。