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 detention¹ pending² trial on charges of tax-evasion³ and abuse-of-power.

阿塞拜疆当局逮捕了图兰新闻社的主编阿利耶夫(Mehman Aliyev)，并判处其3个月的审前羁押，等候逃税和滥用职权罪名的庭审发落。

U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said, We are deeply troubled by the August 24 arrest and three-month pretrial detention of Mehman Aliyev, the prominent editor-in-chief of Azerbaijan's only remaining independent media outlet⁴, Turan Information Agency. Other restrictive actions against Turan, include freezing its bank accounts and initiating⁵ tax evasion charges against it, are also troubling.

美国国务院发言人诺尔特表示，我们为8月24日对阿利耶夫的逮捕行为以及对其长达3个月的审前羁押表示深深的忧虑，而此人是阿塞拜疆硕果仅存的一家独立媒体图兰新闻社声名卓著的主编。其他限制图兰新闻社的行为还包括冻结其银行账户，以逃税罪名起诉该新闻社，这些行为让人十分担忧。

These actions by the government of Azerbaijan to curtail⁶ freedom of press and to further restrict freedom of expression, said Ms. Nauert, are the latest in a negative trend that includes the government's May decision to block access to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other independent media websites.

诺尔特表示，阿塞拜疆政府的这些行为限制了媒体自由，也进一步限制了言论自由。而这些行为只是最近负面趋势的一个表现。其他表现还有：阿塞拜疆政府曾于5月份决定阻止接入自由欧洲电台/自由电台以及其他多个独立媒体网站。

The United States urges the government of Azerbaijan to immediately release Mehman Aliyev, and all those incarcerated⁷ for exercising their fundamental freedoms, in accordance with its international and OSCE obligations.

美国敦促阿塞拜疆政府立刻释放阿利耶夫以及所有因行使自己根本自由权利而受到监禁的人，履行阿塞拜疆政府的国际义务和其在欧洲安全与合作委员会中的义务。

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 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

3 evasion   

n.逃避，偷漏(税)

参考例句：

• The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
• The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。

4 outlet   

n.出口/路；销路；批发商店；通风口；发泄

参考例句：

• The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
• Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。

5 initiating   

v.开始( initiate的现在分词 )；传授；发起；接纳新成员

参考例句：

• He is good at initiating projects but rarely follows through with anything. 他善于创建项目，但难得坚持完成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Only the perchlorate shows marked sensitiveness and possibly initiating properties. 只有高氯酸盐表现有显著的感度和可能具有起爆性能。 来自辞典例句

6 curtail   

vt.截短，缩短；削减

参考例句：

• The government hopes to curtail public spending.政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
• The minister had to curtail his visit.部长不得不缩短访问日期。

7 incarcerated   

钳闭的

参考例句：

• They were incarcerated for the duration of the war. 战争期间，他们被关在狱中。 来自辞典例句
• I don't want to worry them by being incarcerated. 我不想让他们知道我被拘禁的事情。 来自电影对白