时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(六月)


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Cambodia's U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal has ruled a former Khmer Rouge 1 torture chief now on trial was detained "unlawfully" by the military and would be compensated 2 for time served. The ruling means the only Khmer Rouge official to face justice can no longer be sentenced to life in prison.
 
Undated photo of Kaing Guek Eav (L), former head of the S-21 detention 3 center and first Khmer Rouge official tried by the UN-backed Cambodian war crimes tribunal and handout 4 (R) taken 30 July 2007 (file photo)


Cambodia's war crimes tribunal says the military violated the rights of Kang Guek Eav in detaining him after his 1999 arrest.


Better known as Comrade Duch, the former head of the notorious Khmer Rouge S-21 detention center was held for eight years before being turned over to the tribunal.


Duch was arrested and is on trial for his role as head of the detention center, charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity, murder and torture.


He was facing up to life in prison if convicted, but will now have all his time in detention subtracted from any sentence he may receive.


The tribunal's legal communications officer, Lars Olsen, says that means at least 10 years taken off, depending on how long the trial lasts.


"And he would also be entitled to additional remedies which the trial chamber 5 in its decision today said they would address when the time for the sentencing would arise," Olsen said. "That could be typically that he would get extra time off of a sentence because of his unlawful detention."


Olsen says the arrest of Duch was legal, but his detention from 1999 to 2007 was illegal under Cambodian law, which only allows a maximum of three-years provisional detention.


Duch's defense 6 team had asked that he be released from his current detention, but the court rejected that request.


Duch is the only senior former Khmer Rouge official to face justice for crimes committed under its brutal 7 late 1970's rule. He is also the only one to admit responsibility, although he claims he never personally killed anyone.


Under Duch's supervision 8, more than 12,000 prisoners there were accused of being enemies of the communist Khmer Rouge and then systematically 9 tortured and executed.


Four more senior former leaders are set to face trial in the next year or two.


Up to two-million Cambodians were worked, starved, and executed by the Khmer Rouge in their attempt to create a Communist utopia.



n.胭脂,口红唇膏;v.(在…上)擦口红
  • Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂,使脸更漂亮。
  • She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮,不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。
补偿,报酬( compensate的过去式和过去分词 ); 给(某人)赔偿(或赔款)
  • The marvelous acting compensated for the play's weak script. 本剧的精彩表演弥补了剧本的不足。
  • I compensated his loss with money. 我赔偿他经济损失。
n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下
  • 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。
n.散发的文字材料;救济品
  • I read the handout carefully.我仔细看了这份分发的资料。
  • His job was distributing handout at the street-corner.他的工作是在街头发传单。
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • 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。
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
n.监督,管理
  • The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
  • The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
adv.有系统地
  • This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.这一屆政府自上台以来系统地削减了公共服务。
  • The rainforest is being systematically destroyed.雨林正被系统地毀灭。
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