2007年VOA标准英语-Darfuris Say Hague's List Must Include Al-Bashi

By Noel King
El Fasher,Sudan
27 February 2007

The chief prosecutor¹ of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Luis Moreno Ocampo, on Tuesday revealed the names of two people suspected of war crimes in Sudan's embattled Darfur region, where four years of conflict have laid waste to an area the size of France. For VOA, Noel King has this report from El Fasher, Sudan.
 
 
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, 27 Feb 2007
Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo named a former Sudanese state interior minister, Ahmed Mohammed Haroun and a leader of the feared Arab militias² known as janjaweed, Ali Mohamed Ali Abdel Rahman.
 
But Darfuris are adamant³ that the list must also indict⁴ Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a man whose name evokes⁵ nothing but fury among the displaced in Darfur.
 
Sheikh Isaac Adam Adam, a leader of the Tur tribe, spoke⁶ to VOA from a camp for the displaced in Kaas, south Darfur. 

"Bashir is a criminal," he said.  "He gave the Janjaweed weapons. The international court must try him."
 
 
Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir speaks to the press following a conference
Bashir's administration is charged with arming the Janjaweed and giving them free reign⁷ to conduct a campaign of rape⁸ and murder targeting African villages, following an African rebellion in 2003.
 
After the International Criminal Court announced in 2005 that it would launch an investigation⁹ into suspected war criminals in Darfur, Sudan reacted angrily. 
 
Top government officials accused the court of attempting to meddle¹⁰ in Sudanese affairs and insisted Sudan could try suspected war criminals internally.
 
For many, the plan made little sense. Some of Sudan's top officials were believed to be the main perpetrators of the conflict that the United States has labeled genocide.
 
Fatma Adam Yagoub is the leader of women's affairs at the Abu Shouk camp for displaced Darfuris in the northern capital city of El Fasher.
 
She explained to VOA why many people saw the government's plan to try suspects internally as flawed.
 
The government is part of the problem, she said. You cannot catch yourself. Omar Al Bashir is chief of the war criminals. He makes the plans and has other people carry out the plans, she said.
 
On Tuesday, Sudan's justice minister said the court has no jurisdiction¹¹ in Sudan and said war crimes suspects will not be handed over.
 
Sudanese officials have said that even their fiercest foes¹², the rebels in Darfur, should only be tried internally.
 
But members of former rebel groups disagreed.
 
Abdul Gasm Ahmed, a commander with the Sudan Liberation Army, based in Gereida, south Darfur, spoke to VOA before he had seen the list.
 
"We want justice to be done," he said. "The trials cannot take place in Sudan. If I am named as a war criminal I will go to the court and turn myself in."
 
Abdel Gasm told VOA that he believes Omar Al Bashir is guilty of war crimes and should be tried, this despite the fact that his own faction¹³ of the SLA signed a peace accord with Al Bashir's government last May.
 
The International Criminal Court cannot itself hunt down war crimes suspects.
 
Observers believe that Sudan's staunch refusal to allow the United Nations into Darfur to bolster¹⁴ the struggling African Union springs from a fear that the U.N. will try to track down those who have been named.
 
The United Nations says Sudan's own criminal court has made little progress in prosecuting¹⁵ suspects.
 
Experts estimate that the conflict has cost at least 200,000 lives and made homeless some 2.5 million people.

1 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

2 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

3 adamant   

adj.坚硬的，固执的

参考例句：

• We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
• Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。

4 indict   

v.起诉，控告，指控

参考例句：

• You can't indict whole people for the crudeness of a few.您不能因少数人的粗暴行为就控诉整个民族。
• I can indict you for abducting high school student.我可以告你诱拐中学生。

5 evokes   

产生，引起，唤起( evoke的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
• Each type evokes antibodies which protect against the homologous. 每一种类型都能产生抗同种病毒的抗体。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• 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。

7 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

8 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

9 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

10 meddle   

v.干预，干涉，插手

参考例句：

• I hope he doesn't try to meddle in my affairs.我希望他不来干预我的事情。
• Do not meddle in things that do not concern you.别参与和自己无关的事。

11 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• 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。

12 foes   

敌人，仇敌( foe的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They steadily pushed their foes before them. 他们不停地追击敌人。
• She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes. 她身经百战，挫败过很多对手。

13 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

14 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

15 prosecuting   

检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 )； 对某人提起公诉； 继续从事（某事物）； 担任控方律师

参考例句：

• The witness was cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel. 证人接受控方律师的盘问。
• Every point made by the prosecuting attorney was telling. 检查官提出的每一点都是有力的。