282 对杜罗维奇的判决将在星期四公布

 

Verdict Expected Thursday Srebrenica Case

Lauren Comiteau

The Hague

1 Aug 2001 23:12 UTC

 

Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal will hand down their 1)verdict Thursday against Bosnian Serb General Radislav Krstic. The most senior Bosnian Serb to stand trial, General Krstic is 2)accused of directing the worst crime of the Bosnian war - the 1995 slaughter¹ of thousands of Muslim men and boys after the fall of the U.N.-declared safe haven², Srebrenica.

The 15 month long trial of General Radislav Krstic is widely considered the most important to come before the 3)tribunal so far. The general is charged with 4)genocide for his 5)alleged³ role in Europe's worst 6)massacres since World War II.

Prosecutors⁴ say that after Bosnian Serbs 7)captured what was supposed to be the U.N. safe area of Srebrenica, in July 1995, they systematically⁵ 8)executed at least 7,500 Muslim men and boys. It is alleged that as leader of the Drina Corps⁶, General Krstic, a 53-year-old career soldier, commanded the troops that committed the crimes.

9)Prosecutors have asked the tribunal to sentence General Krstic to 10)consecutive life sentences for each of the eight counts against him, 11)virtually assuring that the general would spend the rest of his life behind bars. But defense⁷ lawyers, who have argued that General Krstic was not in command at the time and that it was really Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic who was in charge, have asked for 12)acquittals on all counts. They do not deny the crimes took place - they just insist the general was not involved.

The general's lawyers also say that what happened at Srebrenica was not genocide. In order to prove genocide, prosecutors have to convince the tribunal, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the crimes were committed with the intention of wiping out, in part or in whole, Srebrenica's Muslim community. If prosecutors are successful, it will be the first genocide conviction of the Bosnian war.

For journalist Julija Bogoeva, who has been covering the tribunal for the independent Yugoslav news agency Beta, that is significant in order to set the historical record straight. "It is important," he said, "because when the record is set in this way, it will be more difficult for all those forces which always exist, the revisionist forces, those that will always be attempting to rewrite history, to deny that that's what happened."

What happened, say prosecutors, was the 13)destruction of Srebrenica's Muslim community over the course of five days in the summer of 1995. They say General Krstic had the benefit of a trial, something his 14)victims did not. Now they are hoping that six years after the crimes, they can at least offer the survivors⁸ a sense of justice.

 

 

(1)      verdict[5v:dIkt]n.[律](陪审团的)裁决, 判决, 判断

(2)      accuse[E5kju:z]vt.控告, 谴责, 非难

(3)      tribunal[traI5bju:n(E)l]n.法官席, 审判员席, (特等)法庭

(4)      genocide[5dVenEsaId]n.有计划的灭种和屠杀

(5)      alleged[E`ledVd]adj.声称的, 所谓的

(6)      massacre[5mAsEkE(r)]n.残杀, 大屠杀v.残杀, 集体屠杀

(7)      capture[5kAptFE(r)]n.捕获, 战利品vt.俘获, 捕获, 夺取

(8)      execute[5eksIkju:t]vt.执行, 实行, 完成, 处死, 制成

(9)      prosecutor[5prRsIkju:tE(r)]n.检举人

(10)      consecutive[kEn5sekjJtIv]adj.连续的, 联贯的

(11)      virtually[5v:tjJElI]adv.事实上, 实质上

(12)      acquittal[E5kwIt(E)l]n.宣判无罪

(13)      destruction[dI5strQkF(E)n]n.破坏, 毁灭

(14)      victim[5vIktIm]n.受害人, 牺牲者, 牺牲品

 

 

1 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

2 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

5 systematically   

adv.有系统地

参考例句：

• This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.这一屆政府自上台以来系统地削减了公共服务。
• The rainforest is being systematically destroyed.雨林正被系统地毀灭。

6 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

7 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。

8 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者