非洲—尼日利亚指控6人犯有叛国罪

Nigeria Charges 6 More Men with Treason

尼日利亚指控6人犯有叛国罪

 

The six men were accused of holding illegal rallies, calling for the breakup of the federal state, and training a separatist army.

 

The men, all members of the Movement for the Actualization of a Sovereign State of Biafra, a group known as MASSOB, pled not guilty to the charges. "It is Biafra or nothing," the group's leader, Ralph Uwazurike, told journalists as he was escorted from the courtroom, adding his group would not negotiate.

 

The group advocates the revival¹ of the short-lived Biafran republic, in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta². Biafran separatists fought a bloody³ three-year civil war against the federal government in the late sixties. Supporters demanding Mr. Uwazurike's immediate⁴ release clashed with police Monday in the southeastern city of Onitsha.

 

MASSOB members say their movement is non-violent. And though a West Africa analyst⁵ with the research firm Global Insight, Olly Owen says this is well established, it is the group's other activities that have drawn⁶ attention.

 

Mr. Owen: MASSOB has been very, very firm about its non-violent approach. But they have also been quite naïve in the approach they have taken. If you start launching a separate currency, if you start getting photographed in military fatigues⁸, if you start rejecting the foundation of Nigeria, that is technically⁹ committing treason. So, I think it was only a matter of time before the Nigerian government clamped down on them.

 

Other groups have also been targeted recently. Niger Delta separatist leader, Mujahid Dokubu-Asari, is being tried on treason charges. Mr. Owen says that while a conviction on treason charges carries with it the possibility of a death sentence, he says, that is in no way a certainty.

 

Mr. Owen: I think it's part of a generalized political paranoia¹⁰ as we approach 2007 elections. If you look at the previous time at which MASSOB members were arrested for treason, it was actually for holding a football match in Lagos. The judge threw the case out. They were all freed according to due process.

 

Nigeria's current President Olusegun Obasanjo was a top military officer in the Nigerian army during the Biafran Civil War. More than a million people are estimated to have died during the conflict, most from disease and starvation.

 

Joe Bavier for VOA News, Abidjan.

 

注释：

rally [5rAli] n. 集会

breakup [5breikQp] n. 分裂，终止

separatist [5sepEreitist] n. 独立派

actualization [7AktjuElai5zeiFEn] n. 实现，现实化

sovereign [5sCvrin] n. 君主，统治

Biafra [bi5B:frE] n. 比夫拉，尼日利亚东南部一地区

escort [is5kC:t] v. 护卫，陪同

currency [5kQrEnsi] n. 流通，传播

fatigue⁷ [fE5ti:^] n. [军]杂役

paranoia [pArE5nCiE] n. 偏执狂

Lagos [5lei^Cs] n. 拉各斯，尼日利亚的首都

starvation [stB:5veiFEn] n. 饥饿

1 revival   

n.复兴，复苏，（精力、活力等的）重振

参考例句：

• The period saw a great revival in the wine trade.这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
• He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival.他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。

2 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

3 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

4 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

5 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

6 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

7 fatigue   

n.疲劳，劳累

参考例句：

• The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
• I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。

8 fatigues   

n.疲劳( fatigue的名词复数 )；杂役；厌倦；（士兵穿的）工作服

参考例句：

• The patient fatigues easily. 病人容易疲劳。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Instead of training the men were put on fatigues/fatigue duty. 那些士兵没有接受训练，而是派去做杂务。 来自辞典例句

9 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

10 paranoia   

n.妄想狂，偏执狂；多疑症

参考例句：

• Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.她的洁癖近乎偏执。
• The push for reform is also motivated by political paranoia.竞选的改革运动也受到政治偏执狂症的推动。