VOA标准英语2010年-Amnesty International Releases 2010 Hu
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(五)月
Amnesty International interim 1 Secretary-General Claudio Cordone holds copy of 2010 Human Rights report
There is still no scarcity 2 of poverty and human degradation 3 around the world. But Amnesty International says in its latest annual human rights report that people are being held accountable for some of the worst violations 4.
"We're very encouraged by the trend for example in Latin America where we had three former heads of states brought to justice from Peru, Uruguay and Argentina," said interim Secretary-General Claudio Cordone.
But Cordone says many countries are limiting progress in international justice by acting 5 only when it is politically advantageous 6.
"We still see governments who hold themselves above the law, for example by not accepting the jurisdiction 7 of the International Criminal Court," he said. "Among those are seven of the G20 countries. And also, we see governments shielding their political allies from international scrutiny 8."
The countries that have not signed up for the ICC include Russia and the United States. Cordone says the ICC is an essential tool to fight human rights abuses.
"The court is there to act when governments are unable or unwilling 9 to bring people to justice," he said.
Amnesty International criticized the United States for continuing to detain terrorist suspects at the Guantanamo Bay detention 10 center despite President Barack Obama's commitment to close the facility by the beginning of 2010.
Cordone also says repression 11 remains 12 a major problem around the world. He cites Iran's actions following its disputed presidential election last June.
"People have been arbitrarily arrested, have been tortured," he noted 13. "Even the government had to acknowledge that actually women were raped 14 in custody 15."
Amnesty's report says women, especially the poor, are often targets of human rights abuse.
"Women in Afghanistan have suffered greatly both under the current government, but of course under the Taliban."
Wazhma Frough has dedicated 16 13 years to the rights of Afghan women. She says women who live in cities now have more freedoms, but they are still the targets of violence.
"The suicide bomb threats have been on going -- the other sources of threats, the militants 17 who are fighting the government and who are fighting the international forces -- they want to target those who are creating any sort of hope for the population, so it becomes an environment of fear," she said.
Amnesty International says governments must promote women's equality as a key element to improving their human rights record.
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- The scarcity of skilled workers is worrying the government.熟练工人的缺乏困扰着政府。
- The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.水果供不应求是由于干旱造成的。
- There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
- Gambling is always coupled with degradation.赌博总是与堕落相联系。
- This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
- 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。
- Injections of vitamin C are obviously advantageous.注射维生素C显然是有利的。
- You're in a very advantageous position.你处于非常有利的地位。
- It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
- Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。
- His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
- Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。
- The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
- His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
- We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
- His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。