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Three al-Jazeera journalists accused of supportingthe Muslim Brotherhood¹ have been jailed for sevenyears in Egypt. A court in Cairo convicted PeterGreste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed ofspreading false news and supporting the now banned Islamist group. The trio had denied thecharges.

三名半岛电视台记者被指控支持穆斯林兄弟会，在埃及被判处七年监禁。开罗一法庭判决Peter Greste、Mohamed Fahmy、Baher Mohamed传播假新闻，支持现今被禁的伊斯兰组织罪名成立。三名被告均否认控罪。

Nine defendants² tried in absentia, including three foreign journalists, received ten-yearsentences. The trial has caused an international outcry amid claims it is politicized. AustralianForeign Minister Julie Bishop³ told reporters on Monday she was bitterly disappointed by theoutcome. "I simply can not understand how a court could come to this conclusion," she said.

包括三名外国记者在内的九名被告缺席审判，被判处十年监禁。该审判引起了国际社会公愤，并认为该审判被政治化。周一，澳大利亚外长Julie Bishop告诉记者，她对该结果感到非常失望。她说，“我完全无法理解一个法庭怎能得出这样一个结论。”

Correspondents say evidence put forward earlier in court did nothing to support the seriouscharges brought. The judge was shown in photograph from Mr. Greste's family holiday, a SkyRadio report on cruelty to horses and a video of a press conference in Nairobi.

通讯记者说，此前递交给法庭的证据丝毫无法证实这些指控。法官查看了Greste一家度假的照片，天空广播刊登了一篇关于虐马的报道及在内罗毕一新闻发布会的视频。

"The three al-Jazeera journalists, you have been detained in Egypt for the past six months,while each sentenced to seven years in jail. Mr. Mohamed is sentenced to a further three yearsin jail on a separate charge involving possession of weapons," in a statement, al-JazeeraEnglish's managing director al-Anstey said the sentence defied logic⁴, sense, and any semblance⁵ of justice.

“过去六个月一直被关押在埃及的三名半岛电视台记者均被判处七年监禁。Mohamed还因持有武器，被加判三年监禁。”在一份声明中，半岛电视台英文频道总经理表示，该判决毫无逻辑，有违常识和正义。

The three men are expected to appeal. Al-Jazeera has said only nine of the 20 defendants areits employees. The others are reportedly students and activists⁶, two of whom were acquitted⁷ inMonday's verdict. It comes amid concerns over growing media restrictions⁸ in Egypt.

预期3名被告将会上诉。半岛电视台表示，20名被告中只有9人是他们的雇员。

据报道，其他人均为学生和激进主义分子，其中两人在周一的判决中被判无罪。

这导致了人们对埃及愈加严重的媒体限制的担忧。

Mr. Greste's brother Andrew Greste said he was surprised by verdict, and that he had beenensured all along by the authorities that the Egyptian judiciary is independent.

Greste兄弟Andrew Greste表示，他对该判决感到惊讶，并且当局一直让他确信埃及司法系统是独立的。

1 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

2 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

3 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

4 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。

5 semblance   

n.外貌，外表

参考例句：

• Her semblance of anger frightened the children.她生气的样子使孩子们感到害怕。
• Those clouds have the semblance of a large head.那些云的形状像一个巨大的人头。

6 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》

7 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

8 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制