VOA常速英语2008年-Sri Lankan Government Criticized for Rights Rec
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（三月）
New Delhi
06 March 2008
In Sri Lanka, an international panel invited to monitor the investigation 1 of human rights abuses has quit. Another human rights group has also attacked the government for its rights record, calling it one of the world's worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances 2. Anjana Pasricha reports on the growing criticism of the government's rights record since a new round of fighting erupted in the island, two years ago.
A top foreign panel invited by Sri Lanka to oversee 3 investigation into 16 cases of serious rights abuses says it is resigning because there is lack of political and institutional will to probe the cases.
The 11-member International Independent Group of Eminent 4 Persons was created by the government, two years ago.
The panel says the government's investigation has fallen short of transparency and compliance 5 with basic international norms.
The cases being observed by the panel include the massacre 6 of 17 local aid workers of a French charity in 2006.
The panel quit as a new report by the American-based Human Rights Watch said hundreds of people "disappeared" or were abducted 7 in Sri Lanka in 2006 and 2007, when hostilities 8 with the Tamil Tiger rebels intensified 9.
The group says the involvement of government security forces - army, navy or police - is indicated in a majority of these cases.
The government says many people listed as missing went away without informing their family members.
Anna Neistat researched the Human Rights Watch report. She disputes that position.
"In many cases, we have proof that, before people disappeared, before they went missing they were last seen in custody 10 of army or navy officers, or they were arrested by the police…. and since then all traces of them have been lost," she said.
The report says many of the victims are ethnic 11 Tamils and were targeted because of their alleged 12 links to the rebels. It says others who have disappeared include journalists and aid workers. It says many of the victims are feared dead.
It has called for a United Nations mission to monitor the rights abuses.
The government has repeatedly denied security forces are involved in rights abuses and rejected previous calls for international monitoring.
Some analysts 13 say the government's credibility will suffer a serious blow with the departure of the international panel.
Rights workers say the situation deteriorated 14 after security forces and rebels resumed fighting, following a four-year lull 15 in the long, drawn 16 out civil war.
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- Most disappearances are the result of the terrorist activity. 大多数的失踪案都是恐怖分子造成的。 来自辞典例句
- The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. 间谍活动、叛党卖国、逮捕拷打、处决灭迹，这种事情永远不会完。 来自英汉文学
- Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
- Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。
- We are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist.我们正期待一位著名科学家的来访。
- He is an eminent citizen of China.他是一个杰出的中国公民。
- I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
- She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
- 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。
- Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
- All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。
- Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
- The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
- 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。
- 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
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化，不久便去世了。
- His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情恶化，日甚一日。
- The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.药物使辛普森安静了30分钟。
- Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.经过两个星期的平静之后，地面战又突然爆发了。