时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(八月)


英语课

By Lisa McAdams
Moscow
31 August 2006
 




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Uzbek women sit in a tent at a bleak refugee camp 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the Uzbek border in Kyrgyzstan (File photo)
 
 


 
 
 



Human Rights Watch says Kyrgyzstan is not protecting asylum 2 seekers and refugees and is violating international law. The groups says the country forcibly returned four Uzbek refugees to neighboring Uzbekistan recently, jeopardizing 3 their safety. 


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The Kyrgyz government's record on protecting Uzbek refugees and asylum-seekers who fled last year's violent uprising in Andijan has been mixed.


In the first months after the violence, during which Uzbek government troops reportedly opened fire on civilians 4, authorities in Bishkek sent back four Uzbeks and secretly jailed others, before bowing to international pressure to protect the refugees.


More than a year later, the Kyrgyz government appears to be coming under increasing pressure from Uzbekistan to return hundreds of refugees and asylum-seekers.


The presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev and Islam Karimov, are preparing to meet next month in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent.


Human Rights Watch Moscow Director Allison Gill tells VOA the growing closeness between Kyrgyzstan, a fledgling democracy, and authoritarian 5 Uzbekistan, is cause for concern.


"In the last two weeks, we have had at least four (Uzbek refugees) either disappear or forcibly returned to Uzbekistan from Southern Kyrgyzstan," said Gill. "One of those was staying at the house of a government official. So, its really clear that either Kyrgyz authorities are actively 6 cooperating with the Uzbek government, or they are tacitly allowing the Uzbek security services to operate in Kyrgyzstan and, in either case, its an absolutely shocking abandonment of Kyrgyzstan's international obligations."


Under the rules of the 1951 Refugee Convention, Kyrgyzstan has agreed to ban the forced return of refugees and asylum seekers to a country where they face torture or persecution 7.


Kyrgyz officials have not publicly responded to the allegations. This week the head of Uzbekistan's prison in Andijan, Ismail Pulatov, was quoted by Interfax as saying that no Uzbek nationals had been forcibly returned to the facility.


Human Rights Watch says any Andijan refugee returned to Uzbekistan is at risk of being tortured or forced to publicly incriminate themselves for involvement in the uprising. Gill says Uzbekistan is continuing a campaign of massive intimidation 8.


"By cooperating with Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan is really turning its back on the rest of the international community, who all pledged to support Kyrgyzstan to stand up to the Uzbeks," said Gill. "When Kyrgyzstan did the right thing last summer and prevented the return of the four Uzbeks, they received lots of international support and pledges of further support if they were to continue to protect the refugees. So, they have caved into bullies 9 is the only way I can say it. "


Gill says Uzbek asylum seekers are no longer safe in Kyrgyzstan.


The United States is urging the Kyrgyz government to investigate the allegations and take immediate 10 steps to ensure the safety and rights of all refugees and asylum-seekers.



1 bleak
adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的
  • They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
  • The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
2 asylum
n.避难所,庇护所,避难
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
3 jeopardizing
危及,损害( jeopardize的现在分词 )
  • Plans may also become inefficient in the attainment of objectives by jeopardizing group satisfactions. 用危及群体利益方法去达到目标的计划,也是无效率的。
  • That boosted government revenues in the short term, but is now jeopardizing them. Morales将天然气工业,电信业和部分采矿业收归国有的举措吓跑了投资者们。
4 civilians
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • 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。
5 authoritarian
n./adj.专制(的),专制主义者,独裁主义者
  • Foreign diplomats suspect him of authoritarian tendencies.各国外交官怀疑他有着独裁主义倾向。
  • The authoritarian policy wasn't proved to be a success.独裁主义的政策证明并不成功。
6 actively
adv.积极地,勤奋地
  • During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
  • We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。
7 persecution
n. 迫害,烦扰
  • He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。
  • Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people. 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗。
8 intimidation
n.恐吓,威胁
  • The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
  • The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。
9 bullies
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
学英语单词
-stan
a.s.a.p
accuracy verification package
added heat
air-suspension gyroscope
airplane mechanicss
aluminum compounds
Anemone raddiana Reg.
atomic-fountain
Bolshetroitskoye
bubble proof
bus station
cased-muff coupling
celestial hierarchies
check flush rivet
clear and convincing evidence
Coggia
collective bargainings
combustion automatic control
constructive service
cozeys
crystal breeding
crystal-induced arthritis
current linkage
Daylab
decemental arc
Delphinium wrightii
detractatory
difenamizole
diffusion models of cosmic rays
discharge care provider
disciplinarity
eco-unfriendly
ejb
electro-neurogram
ericht
estrogen test
family Pongidae
Filippi's gland
FitzGerald, Garret
fjm
flagellated cell
fuzz nutted
gas-generating ratio
gastric telangiectasia
genus curcumas
global marketing strategy
go figure.
gonnabes
hanging ratio
hoganite
hyacinte (zircon)
in the strictest sense
incanted
information recognition
international dance exercise association (idea)
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
kinephantom
kuhne
launching time limit
leveraged buyout
local dose rate
mechanicks
mmr vaccine
off design performance
off market
oil-cloth
one to watch
path scrubber tool
personal equipment data
phase-separated terminal box
reflex circuit arrangement
rosters
rrrs
sampling reliability
sawney
seek admission to
Sequential Couleur avec Memoire
several sample
Sinusopathy
Slavoslav
soap blender
spoke-divided flywheel
striking mechanism release blade
structural profile
subacetates
succulent plant
synchronized signal generator
thz
to be criticized
togemans
two sided test
two-grid-interval noise
vane relay
veneer cutting machine
vibraculum
waldocks
walnut blights
wet slag
William Nunn
yellow beeswax
zero wander