2007年VOA标准英语-Protests Over Suspended Judge Continue in Pakis

By Benjamin Sand
Islamabad
13 April 2007

Protests against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the country's chief justice are continuing, despite the detention¹ Thursday of about 200 lawyers and other critics of the suspension. VOA's Benjamin Sand files reports from Islamabad.

Protesters again chanted anti-government slogans Friday and demanded the suspended justice be reinstated.

Pakistani lawyers take part in an anti-government rally in Lahore,  13 Apr 2007

More than 2,000 people joined the rally outside the Supreme² Court building here in the capital. Hundreds of heavily armed security forces stood guard nearby.

 

Inside the building, the former chief justice, Iftakhar Chaudry, was facing a five-member panel of judges reviewing unspecified charges that he abused his authority. The hearing was closed to the public and the news media.

Speaking to reporters afterward³, Chaudry's defense⁴ lawyer, Munir Malik, said he spent most of the morning objecting to the panel itself. He claims the panel is already biased⁵ against his client.

Malik says he specifically objected to three of the five judges saying they have already decided⁶ the case against Chaudry, before all the facts have been presented.

Chaudry has previously⁷ accused the three men of harboring personal grievances⁸ against him, and says it will be impossible for him to receive a fair hearing. He is pushing for the hearings to be opened to the media.

President Musharraf suspended Chaudry on March 9, a move that galvanized the legal community and provoked massive protests around the country.

The government has refused to specify⁹ the charges against Chaudry that led to the suspension. Officials say the hearings will reconvene April 18, although there is still no indication of when a final decision can be expected.

Chaudry had ruled against President Musharraf's military-installed administration in several high-profile cases.

The president's critics say the judge's removal was an unprecedented¹⁰ challenge to the country's independent judiciary, and a ploy¹¹ to remove a critic in advance of upcoming elections.

The president accuses his opponents of politicizing the issue for personal and political gain.

Mr. Musharraf says he will honor the panel's final recommendation on the justice, and will not interfere¹² in the proceedings¹³. However, government officials have confirmed that a number of lawyers and opposition¹⁴ activists¹⁵ were temporarily detained Thursday, ahead of Friday's protests.

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 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

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 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

8 grievances   

n.委屈( grievance的名词复数 )；苦衷；不满；牢骚

参考例句：

• The trade union leader spoke about the grievances of the workers. 工会领袖述说工人们的苦情。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He gave air to his grievances. 他申诉了他的冤情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 specify   

vt.指定，详细说明

参考例句：

• We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。
• Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。

10 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

11 ploy   

n.花招，手段

参考例句：

• I think this is just a government ploy to deceive the public.我认为这只是政府欺骗公众的手段。
• Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder,not a cynical marketing ploy.圣诞节应该是兴奋和美妙的时刻，而不该是一种肆无忌惮的营销策略。

12 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

13 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

14 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

15 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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》