叙利亚政府绑架行为助长黑市交易

叙利亚政府绑架行为助长黑市交易

Ola now lives in the Turkey city. Two years ago she was caught transporting defectors from the Syrian army to the Jordanian border.

奥拉现在住在塔基市。2年前她被叙利亚叛军抓到被带到了约旦边境。

I was in solitary¹ confinement² for 25 days. There was no food.There were no blankets. They interrogated³ me normally at first, then they beat me with an electric cable.

我被独自关了25天。没有食物。也没有毯子。开始他们是正常地审问我，后来就用电线抽打我。

Ola says she was hung by her wrists for six days and repeatedly subjected to electric shock. She was released after more than a year in captivity⁴ after developing a blood clot⁵.

奥拉表示她手腕被绑着吊起来6天并且不停遭受电击。就这样度过了1年的囚禁生活后满身淤血的她才被释放。

Amnesty International says at least 65,000 Syrians—the vast majority of them civilians⁶ have experienced similarly terrifying ordeals⁷, and many are still missing. We believe it's so widespread and so systematic⁸ that it does amount to a crime against humanity. The government is targeting opponents of the regime,including political activists¹⁰, doctors and journalists and also their families.

大赦国际组织称其中包括绝大多数平民在内的至少65000名叙利亚人曾遭受过类似的酷刑，而且很多人至今仍然下落不明。我们认为这样的现象非常普遍而且具有一定规律，而且这是反人类的罪行。政府将目标定为包括政治积极分子、医生，记者及其家人在内的政权反对者。

Survivors¹¹ describe horrific stories of torture.

幸存者们讲述了受到虐待的悲惨遭遇。

“Being cuffed¹² by the wrists and then hung up and beaten in that position,being held or suspended in that position for long periods of time,being electrocuted or otherwise also being exposed to sexual violence,and then when these people are being brought back into their cells,there is no medical attention so many people die in custody¹³.

我们的手被拷起来，然后被吊起来打，我们就这样被长时间地吊着，遭受电击或性虐待，而后他们被拖回牢房，没有任何医疗救护措施，很多人就这样在牢房中惨死。

Amnesty highlights a number of cases including political activist⁹ seen here with his wife and son. He was abducted¹⁴ on October 7th 2013 and hasn't been heard of since.

大赦国际强调了一系列类似的事件，而这位政治积极分子同他的妻儿在这里所遭受的也是同样待遇。2013年10月7日他被绑架后至今音信全无。

The abduction has given rise to a black market industry of middle men who are paid bribes¹⁵ by family members desperate to find out about their loved ones. Activist says the bribes are the source of the income for the Syrian government,the government has in the past denied accusations¹⁶ of abductions and torture.

这类绑架事件助长了黑市产业的中间人，受害者会付给这些人高额金钱希望找到他们所爱之人。积极分子表示这些赎金是叙利亚政府的收入来源，但政府之前就曾对绑架及实施酷刑的指控予以否认。

1 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

2 confinement   

n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限

参考例句：

• He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
• The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。

3 interrogated   

v.询问( interrogate的过去式和过去分词 )；审问；（在计算机或其他机器上）查询

参考例句：

• He was interrogated by the police for over 12 hours. 他被警察审问了12个多小时。
• Two suspects are now being interrogated in connection with the killing. 与杀人案有关的两名嫌疑犯正在接受审讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 captivity   

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

参考例句：

• A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
• He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

5 clot   

n.凝块；v.使凝成块

参考例句：

• Platelets are one of the components required to make blood clot.血小板是血液凝固的必须成分之一。
• The patient's blood refused to clot.病人的血液无法凝结。

6 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

7 ordeals   

n.严峻的考验，苦难的经历( ordeal的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• London had stood triumphant through all her ordeals. 伦敦在经历考验之后仍巍然屹立。 来自辞典例句
• He's come through some bad personal ordeals. 他个人经历了一些沉痛的考验。 来自辞典例句

8 systematic   

adj.有系统的，有计划的，有方法的

参考例句：

• The way he works isn't very systematic.他的工作不是很有条理。
• The teacher made a systematic work of teaching.这个教师进行系统的教学工作。

9 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

10 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》

11 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

12 cuffed   

v.掌打，拳打( cuff的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She cuffed the boy on the side of the head. 她向这男孩的头上轻轻打了一巴掌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mother cuffed the dog when she found it asleep on a chair. 妈妈发现狗睡在椅子上就用手把狗打跑了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

13 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

14 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

15 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

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。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

16 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。