VOA标准英语2013--Guantanamo 9/11 Suspect Hearings Face Rough Start

Guantanamo 9/11 Suspect Hearings Face Rough Start The case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 co-conspirators remains tangled in legal motions that are taking months to resolve - before conditions can be set for a trial to take pla

VOA常速英语2017--美国谴责阿塞拜疆逮捕新闻社主编

Azerbaijani authorities have arrested Mehman Aliyev, editor-in-chief of Turan Information Agency, and sentenced him to three months of pre-trial detention pending trial on charges of tax-evasion and abuse-of-power. 阿塞拜疆当局逮捕了图兰新闻

VOA标准英语2012--Mau Mau Torture Hearing Concludes in London

Mau Mau Torture Hearing Concludes in London At the Royal Courts of Justice building in London, veterans from Kenyas Mau Mau uprising, an anti-colonial movement, are gearing up for what they hope will be the final chapter in a 50-year struggle. They a

美国国家公共电台 NPR California's Bail Overhaul May Do More Harm Than Good, Reformers Say

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Last summer, California became the largest state to abolish cash bail. At the time, Governor Jerry Brown declared that rich and poor alike will be treated fairly. He has long argued the bail system favors the wealthy and punishes

British Official Calls for Tough New Anti-Terror Powers

British Official Calls for Tough New Anti-Terror Powers Tom Rivers Britain's Home Secretary David Blunkett called Wednesday for tougher new powers to combat terrorism. But he acknowledged in parliamen

2006年VOA标准英语-Major Weapons Trial Begins In Zimbabwe

By Peta Thornycroft Johannesburg 01 November 2006 The trial of a White Zimbabwean accused of illegal possession of automatic weapons finally began this week in Mutare after being delayed over legal technicalities. Michael Hitschmann has been accused

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-07

1. Johnson Johnson (强生公司) and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay over 2.2 billion dollars to settle allegations that it promoted powerful psychiatric drugs for unproved uses in children, seniors and disable patients. The company was also acc

2006年VOA标准英语-US Military Dog Handler Convicted of Detai

By Al Pessin Pentagon 21 March 2006 A U.S. military court has convicted a soldier of abusing prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison in 2003 and 2004 by using a dog to intimidate them. Sgt. Michael S

VOA标准英语2009-Cambodia Tribunal Reduces Sentence for Khmer

Cambodia's U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal has ruled a former Khmer Rouge torture chief now on trial was detained unlawfully by the military and would be compensated for time served. The ruling means the only Khmer Rouge official to face justice can

VOA标准英语2010年-US Tries First Guantanamo Terrorist Su

Jury selection is underway in New York in the trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. He is the first suspect held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be tried in an American civilian court. The Tanzanian national is accused of terrorism

VOA常速英语2014--September 11 Court Case Taking Years Before Trial 911案件5名主犯审判前耗费数年时间

September 11 Court Case Taking Years Before Trial 911案件5名主犯审判前耗费数年时间 WASHINGTON It has been six years since Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other detainees at the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were first charged

VOA常速英语2015--马来西亚推新反恐峻法引起人们关注

Malaysia's Tough New Anti-Terror Laws Raise Concerns 马来西亚推新反恐峻法引起人们关注 KUALA LUMPUR A new anti-terrorism law in Malaysia is set to revive indefinite detention without charges or trial. It has also toughened up the count

VOA双语新闻：贝尔格莱德人谈战犯卡拉季奇受审

The people in Belgrade have reacted with mixed emotions to Radovan Karadzic's first appearance at the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague Thursday. The infamy of Karadzic is even generating some commercial interest. 星期四，前波斯尼

VOA双语新闻：前红色高棉外交部长在柬法院出庭

Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister leng Sary appeared before Cambodia's genocide tribunal to press for his release from pretrial detention. He is one of five defendants being held by the so-called Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, se

2006年VOA标准英语-Saddam Back in Court for Genocide Trial

By Benjamin Sand Irbil, Iraq 07 November 2006 Saddam Hussein called for Iraqis to forgive each other when he returned to court for a genocide trial two days after another panel of judges had condemned him to death for crimes against humanity. He sti

2006年VOA标准英语-Saddam Hears Testimony in Genocide Trial

By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 11 October 2006 Saddam Hussein's genocide trial continued in Baghdad, one day after the ex-leader was expelled from the courtroom. Kurdish witnesses have been telling the court they were raped, abused, and kept in horrible

2007年VOA标准英语-Rights Group Report: Pre-Trial Detention Leads

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 14 June 2007 More than three million people around the world are being held in prison awaiting trial, nearly one-third of the world's total prison population. A recent study released in South Africa says pre-trial detention

VOA标准英语2011--USS Cole Bombing Suspect Faces Arraignment at Guantanamo

USS Cole Bombing Suspect Faces Arraignment at Guantanamo A Saudi Arabian man accused of being the mastermind behind the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday, Nov. 9 before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay. Abd

VOA标准英语2010年-Possible Shift on US Terror Trial Alar

Human rights and legal rights groups are urging the Obama administration not to change its decision to try the alleged conspirators of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States in the civilian court system as opposed to military

VOA标准英语2008年-Five Suspects on Trial at Guantanamo for 9/11 A

By Al Pessin Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 05 June 2008 Five men who were allegedly involved in planning and financing the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001 went on trial before a military commission Thursday near the detention center where t