2007年VOA标准英语-Outspoken Burmese AIDS Activist Freed
时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（七月）
Hong Kong
03 July 2007
A Burmese AIDS activist 1 detained since May for advocating the release of the country's top political prisoner has been freed. As Joseph Popiolkowski reports from VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong, the release follows a scathing 2 report on Burma's human rights abuses from one of the world's best known humanitarian 3 organizations.
Phyu Phyu Thin speaks to the media at the headquarter of National League for Democracy in Rangoon, 03 Jul 2007
Phyu Phyu Thin's release Tuesday comes six weeks after her arrest for attending prayer services aimed at gaining freedom for Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's democracy leader.
Phyu Phyu Thin runs a small AIDS clinic that distributes antiretroviral medication to patients. She has been vocal 4 about the plight 5 of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel peace laureate detained by Burma's military government since 1990.
Debbie Stothard is coordinator 6 of the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma, a regional human rights group, and believes that outside pressure made a difference.
"Many local activists 7 in Burma spoke 8 up against her detention," said Stothard. "It did put a lot of pressure on the military authorities to release her. Internationally the human rights community also spoke up for her release."
"And the U.S. government, as well, spoke up and made interventions 9. We still need to keep up the pressure to ensure that Phyu Phyu Thin does not get arrested again, but also to secure the release of Phyu Phyu Thin's friends and colleagues who were arrested along with her," she added.
Last week, the International Committee of the Red Cross publicly condemned 10 Burma's military government. It said the government was guilty of killing 11 unarmed civilians 12 and forcing prisoners to work as army porters, among other abuses. The ICRC rarely condemns 13 governments publicly, preferring to relay its concerns through private channels.
Stothard says a series of prayer vigils was mounted to bring awareness 14 to Aung San Suu Kyi's incarceration 15. She says 30 activists remain in police custody 16 from the most recent crackdown while Burma has more than 1,000 other political prisoners locked up.
"Phyu Phyu Thin is one of the people who was detained this year simply for having prayed for Aung San Suu Kyi's release. Apparently 17 it's a state crime if you pray for the release of political prisoners," she said.
Aung San Suu Kyi, 62, led the National League for Democracy to a landslide 18 election victory in 1990 but the military regime in Burma, also known as Myanmar, has refused to honor the results or convene 19 parliament.
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
- a scathing attack on the new management 针对新的管理层的猛烈抨击
- Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime. 她的演讲强烈指责了政府在犯罪问题上的表现。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
- Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。
- The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
- She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。
- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
- How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- Economic analysis of government interventions deserves detailed discussion. 政府对经济的干预应该给予充分的论述。 来自辞典例句
- The judge's frequent interventions made a mockery of justice. 法官的屡屡干预是对正义的践踏。 来自互联网
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
- Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
- He hadn't changed much in his nearly three years of incarceration. 在将近三年的监狱生活中，他变化不大。 来自辞典例句
- Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration! 请你，请你将这颗心释放出来吧！否则它会因长期的禁闭而爆裂。 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。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。