2007年VOA标准英语-Amnesty Report Says Rights Situation in Africa
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（五月）
London
23 May 2007
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International launched its annual report for 2007 in London. The group says the 12 months covered again show gross human rights abuses on the African continent. Tendai Maphosa has more in this report from London.
A boy, victim of child trafficking, cries in a mini van taking him back to his country in Aboisso, Ivory Coast, 22 Feb 2007
Amnesty International describes the human rights situation in many parts of Africa as precarious 1 during 2006. Its report listed armed conflict, underdevelopment, extreme poverty, widespread corruption 2, inequitable distribution of resources, political repression 3, marginalization, ethnic 4 and civil violence, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic as factors undermining the enjoyment 5 of human rights across the continent.
The report notes a decrease in armed conflict, but the downside is that many people are still affected 6, several million of these as refugees and internally displaced people, including children and the elderly who lack basic shelter, protection and care. Violence against women, especially in conflict situations, remains 7 pervasive 8, the report notes.
The Sudanese government is still to be convinced to accept a U.N. peacekeeping force. An estimated 200,000 Darfuris have been killed and a further two million displaced during the conflict.
Speaking during the launch, Amnesty International Secretary-General Irene Khan blamed the United States and the international community for not putting enough pressure on the Sudanese government.
Irene Khan, Amnesty International's secretary- general, holds aloft a copy of the Amnesty International Report at a press conference in central London, 23 May 2007
The report says that most states suppressed dissent 9 and the free expression of opinion. Some governments authorized 10 or condoned 11 extra-judicial executions, arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill treatment and the harassment 12 of opposition 13 political activists 14, human rights activists and journalists.
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe are mentioned as some of the countries where a licensing 15 system is used to restrict the work of journalists and curtail 16 freedom of expression. Khan said journalists and others are on the forefront of the fight against human rights abuses.
"Journalists, writers, trade unionists, activists, human rights defenders 17 are today the strongest and most courageous 18 champions of human rights and they are paying a heavy price from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe," she said.
Tawanda Hondora is Amnesty International's Deputy Program Director for Africa. VOA asked him if there are any positive signs regarding human rights in Africa.
"Well there are in terms of international justice for instance, there have been initiatives to ensure that there is an end to impunity 19 Hissen Habre the former president of Chad may face trial in Senegal; we have Thomas Lubonga, a warlord from the DRC [Congo] who was indicted 20 by the International Criminal Court; we have Charles Taylor who was indicted again by the special court of Sierra Leone there are some positive signals," he said.
Hondora went on to say that, while these are tiny glimmers 21 of hope, there is still a lot to do in terms of governments translating the human rights laws on just about every African country's constitution into practice.
- Our financial situation had become precarious.我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
- He earned a precarious living as an artist.作为一个艺术家，他过得是朝不保夕的生活。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- The repression of your true feelings is harmful to your health.压抑你的真实感情有害健康。
- This touched off a new storm against violent repression.这引起了反对暴力镇压的新风暴。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同，我们这次访问更加愉快了。
- After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话，这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- It is the most pervasive compound on earth.它是地球上最普遍的化合物。
- The adverse health effects of car exhaust are pervasive and difficult to measure.汽车尾气对人类健康所构成的有害影响是普遍的，并且难以估算。
- It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
- He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。
- An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。
- Terrorism can never be condoned. 决不能容忍恐怖主义。
- They condoned his sins because he repented. 由于他的悔悟，他们宽恕了他的罪。 来自辞典例句
- She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
- The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- 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》
- A large part of state regulation consists of occupational licensing. 大部分州的管理涉及行业的特许批准。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- That licensing procedures for projects would move faster. 这样的工程批准程序一定会加快。 来自辞典例句
- The government hopes to curtail public spending.政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
- The minister had to curtail his visit.部长不得不缩短访问日期。
- The defenders were outnumbered and had to give in. 抵抗者寡不敌众，只能投降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- After hard fighting,the defenders were still masters of the city. 守军经过奋战仍然控制着城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
- He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。
- You will not escape with impunity.你不可能逃脱惩罚。
- The impunity what compulsory insurance sets does not include escapement.交强险规定的免责范围不包括逃逸。
- The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
- He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。