PBS高端访谈:酷刑手段在搜寻也门的基地组织中出现

 　　The U.S. military said Thursday it carried out an air-strike in Yemen that killed the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

　　The attack is a reminder¹ of the ongoing² U.S. counterterrorism operations there in coordination³ with the government of Yemen and allies like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

　　At the same time, an "Associated Press" investigation⁴ has found hundreds of men captured in the hunt for al-Qaeda militants⁵ in Yemen

　　have been detained in Yemeni and UAE-run prisons, where there are allegations of human rights abuses and torture.

　　"A.P." reporter Maggie Michael wrote the story and she joins me now via Skype from Cairo.

　　So, Maggie, tell us. What's happening in these prisons?

　　The prisons are set up inside different places like villas⁶, military camps, ports, airports, and depending on which the location of the prison, the conditions are different.

　　So, in the city of Mukalla, for example, there's a big detention⁷ center set up inside Riyan Airport where prisoners are held inside shipping⁸ containers.

　　People are blindfolded⁹ most of the time. They have access to toilets for like three minutes a day.

　　There is torture every day, at night, from 11:00 p.m. where military officers and Yemeni soldiers, they enter the cells and they start flogging and beating detainees,

　　and then they start to select a small number of them and drag them outside the cells for more torture, also included sexual assaults, according to detainees.

　　You described something in here that looks straight out of a medieval story. A grill¹⁰, what is this?

　　Soldiers tie detainees and spit and spun¹¹ them quickly and fastly until they vomit¹² at the very end. This is what they described to me.

　　And what I was told also that day, the number of people tortures like selected, like they select small number of them.

　　So, they become like a model for the rest of the prisoners. So, whenever the time for interrogations come, the people they have already seen what's happened to their colleagues

　　I mean, to the inmates¹³, so they start to just give whatever confessions¹⁴ they are ordered to give.

　　And who profits from these confessions? What's the relationship to the U.S. in all of this?

　　This is for the Emiratis and for the U.S., a source of information.

　　And at least in one instance, in Riyan, witnesses said that U.S. interrogators would enter the interrogation room at least for three, four hours a day, four times a week.

　　And they ask questions through the Emirati officers to get information.

　　This kind of information will be used later in the raids and airstrikes was carried out over the past months in a prison in Yemen.

　　What is the Defense¹⁵ Department, what is the U.S. government's response to your story?

　　U.S. officials acknowledged that they had interrogators sent to Yemeni prisons.

　　However, they said that they received reports of torture and they looked into it and they found nothing.

　　And this is the kind of response that the families were really upset to hear because they wanted to hear the U.S. government saying,

　　we're going to look into this, we're going to investigate and we're going to figure out what's happening.

　　All right. Maggie Michael of the "Associated Press", joining us via Skype from Cairo tonight — thanks so much.

　　No problem. Thank you. undefined

1 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

2 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。

3 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

4 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。

5 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

6 villas   

别墅，公馆( villa的名词复数 )； （城郊）住宅

参考例句：

• Magnificent villas are found throughout Italy. 在意大利到处可看到豪华的别墅。
• Rich men came down from wealthy Rome to build sea-side villas. 有钱人从富有的罗马来到这儿建造海滨别墅。

7 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。

8 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

9 blindfolded   

v.（尤指用布）挡住（某人）的视线( blindfold的过去式 )；蒙住（某人）的眼睛；使不理解；蒙骗

参考例句：

• The hostages were tied up and blindfolded. 人质被捆绑起来并蒙上了眼睛。
• They were each blindfolded with big red handkerchiefs. 他们每个人的眼睛都被一块红色大手巾蒙住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 grill   

n.烤架，铁格子，烤肉；v.烧，烤，严加盘问

参考例句：

• Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
• I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。

11 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

12 vomit   

v.呕吐，作呕；n.呕吐物，吐出物

参考例句：

• They gave her salty water to make her vomit.他们给她喝盐水好让她吐出来。
• She was stricken by pain and began to vomit.她感到一阵疼痛，开始呕吐起来。

13 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 confessions   

n.承认( confession的名词复数 )；自首；声明；（向神父的）忏悔

参考例句：

• It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions. 既不诱供也不逼供。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15 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。