VOA标准英语2010年-Human Rights Groups: Security Suspects
时间：2019-02-18 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(二月)
A new report from a human-rights watchdog says officials in Bahrain have been using torture since 2007 when interrogating 1 security suspects. Human Rights Watch says their report is based on interviews with detainees and medical records, but officials from the Gulf 2 State deny the allegations.
"Torture is back in the repertoire 3 of the Bahrain security services," said Joe Stork 4, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa division at Human Rights Watch.
Stork says a number of torture techniques have been used, including the use of electric shock devices, suspension in painful positions, and beatings. Stork says the use of torture was not spontaneous.
"It is happening within the physical confines of the ministry 5 of Interior," he added. "So I cannot say who is ordering it, but I can say that up until now it is been condoned 6 at a very high level."
The report is based on interviews with detainees and a review of forensic 7 medical reports and court documents.
But officials from both the Ministry of Interior and the Public Prosecution 8 Office in Bahrain deny the allegations. They say there is inconsistency in the accounts of the former detainees and they say this is evidence that the claims are false.
Chris Davidson is from Britain's Durham University. He says Bahrain had in recent years cracked down on the use of torture.
"We saw this before in the 1990s, but for the last few years there was some hope that Bahrain was getting its house in order and that there was very much the political will to do something about prisons abuses, torture and so on," said Davidson.
But he says an economic slump 9 and political tension may have led to the renewal 10 of repressive tactics.
"Because of the deteriorating 11 economic circumstances, because of tensions with Iran, the old sectarian tension appears to have resurfaced again and unfortunately the state's only means of dealing 12 with that, dealing with their opponents, appears to be a rise in repressive practices and techniques, including torture," he added.
The report from Human Rights Watch highlights 20 detainees who were arrested at street protests.
The group says demonstrations 13 by young men from Bahrain's majority Shia Muslim population, who say they are discriminated 14 against by the Sunni-dominated government, have increasingly turned into violent clashes with security forces.
- She was no longer interrogating but lecturing. 她已经不是在审问而是在教训人了。 来自辞典例句
- His face remained blank, interrogating, slightly helpless. 他的面部仍然没有表情，只带有询问的意思，还有点无可奈何。 来自辞典例句
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.有很多供长笛演奏的曲目。
- He has added considerably to his piano repertoire.他的钢琴演奏曲目大大增加了。
- A Fox invited a long-beaked Stork to have dinner with him.狐狸请长嘴鹳同他一起吃饭。
- He is very glad that his wife's going to get a visit from the stork.他为她的妻子将获得参观鹳鸟的机会感到非常高兴。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- 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
- The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
- The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。
- 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。
- She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
- Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。
- Her contract is coming up for renewal in the autumn.她的合同秋天就应该续签了。
- Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。
- The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
- I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
- Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视？