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White Farmers Released in Zimbabwe

Martin Rushmere

Harare

22 Aug 2001 14:58 UTC

 

Twenty-one white commercial farmers accused of attacking land 1)invaders1 have been released on 2)bail2 from prison in Zimbabwe. They were released from Chinhoyi prison two days after a High Court judge allowed them bail.

With their heads completely 3)shaved by prison officers, 20 of the white farmers were met by their families in emotional 4)reunions. They were immediately driven away from Chinhoyi as part of their bail conditions, which 5)bar them from the area and their homes for at least four weeks.

Most of the families and friends of the farmers have shaved their heads in 6)solidarity

One of the men, who is 77 years old, became ill shortly after being arrested. He has been allowed to go home for medical treatment.

Prison officials refused to release the men earlier because they said they had not received written instructions.

All 21 are due to appear again in court in Chinhoyi on August 24. They have yet to be charged since being arrested on August 6, following a clash with farm invaders and pro-government militants3.

That clash unleashed4 two weeks of violent invasions of white-owned farms by black squatters and pro-government militants. More than 40 white-owned farms were 7)looted 分享到：



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1 invaders 5f4b502b53eb551c767b8cce3965af9f     
入侵者，侵略者，侵入物( invader的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • They prepared to repel the invaders. 他们准备赶走侵略军。
  • The family has traced its ancestry to the Norman invaders. 这个家族将自己的世系追溯到诺曼征服者。
2 bail Aupz4     
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
参考例句：
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
3 militants 3fa50c1e4338320d8495907fdc5bdbaf     
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。
4 unleashed unleashed     
v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
  • The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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