美国国家公共电台 NPR Amnesty International Identifies Assad's 'Policy Of Extermination'
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：2017年NPR美国国家公共电台2月
SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
Amnesty International released a report this week that may make you wonder how much of what we conscientiously 1 report as important news truly is by comparison. The human rights group, which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977, says as many as 13,000 opponents of Bashar al-Assad have been hanged in the Saydnaya prison on the outskirts 2 of Damascus. It is worth repeating that number - as many as 13,000 people hanged to death.
The researchers interviewed 84 people, including former guards, a military judge and 31 people who were held in two buildings at the prison. The witnesses say once or twice a week, 20 to 50 prisoners were taken from their cells and told they will be transferred elsewhere. Instead, they were taken to a basement to appear before a military judge for two or three minutes, just enough time to be condemned 3 to death. The death sentence was signed by the minister of defense 4, who was deputized to sign by President Assad, says the report. The men and women were hanged in the middle of the night. Their bodies were reportedly taken to a military hospital where officials registered their deaths as a heart failure or respiratory disorder 5. It is inconceivable that all of the top officials did not know about it, says Nicolette Waldman of Amnesty. This was a policy of extermination 6. There is no reason at all to expect that the hangings have stopped, she added.
Amnesty International says it has tried to get a response from Syrian officials but received none. Aerial images of the prison published this week seem to show the mass graves reported by witnesses. To be sure, the report also says some rebel groups have committed human rights abuses, but not nearly on the same scale as the Assad regime. What we have uncovered is beyond anything else we have seen, says Nicolette Waldman.
At least 4.8 million Syrians have already fled their country in fear for their lives and are scattered 7 around the world. More than 400,000 civilians 8 have already died in the war. The United Nations and the United States have often condemned the Syrian regime for committing war crimes against civilians, including using chemical weapons, sexual violence and starvation. But they have also urged rebels and the Assad regime to negotiate to end the civil war, a war in which the regime, with Russian support, seems to have the upper hand. If those who oppose the regime have been hanged as a matter of routine, why would any Syrian come back home?
- He kept silent,eating just as conscientiously but as though everything tasted alike. 他一声不吭，闷头吃着，仿佛桌上的饭菜都一个味儿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She discharged all the responsibilities of a minister conscientiously. 她自觉地履行部长的一切职责。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
- They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
- 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。
- When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
- It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
- All door and window is sealed for the extermination of mosquito. 为了消灭蚊子，所有的门窗都被封闭起来了。 来自辞典例句
- In doing so they were saved from extermination. 这样一来却使它们免于绝灭。 来自辞典例句
- Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。