美国将两名关塔那摩湾监狱囚犯送至塞内加尔

AS IT IS 2016-04-07 US Sends Two Guantanamo Prisoners to Senegal 美国将两名关塔那摩湾监狱囚犯送至塞内加尔

The United States sent two Libyans from its detention¹ center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Senegal earlier this week.

U.S. State Department officials called the move a “humanitarian² resettlement.”

“The United States is grateful to the government of Senegal for its humanitarian gesture and willingness to support ongoing³ U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility,” the Defense⁴ Department said.

The Libyans were identified as Salem Abdu Salam Ghereby and Omar Khalif Mohammed Abu Baker⁵ Mahjour Umar. They had been jailed at the detention center 14 years without facing charges.

Both men were opponents of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Khalif was captured in Karachi in early 2002. Ghereby was detained in late 2001 along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

President Barack Obama is working to close the Guantanamo Bay prison before he leaves office next January. Republican members of Congress oppose the closing.

The U.S. military has used the prison to hold terror suspects since the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington.

The detainees started arriving in January 2002. In all, 779 prisoners have been held at Guantanamo Bay.

More than 100 detainees have been resettled in 26 countries.

One detainee has been freed. Another is serving a life sentence in prison after standing⁶ trial in the United States.

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grateful – adj. thankful; feeling or showing kindness

gesture – n. a movement, usually one to express an idea or meaning

1 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

2 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• 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。

3 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• 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。

5 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。