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201 沙龙被指控牵涉屠杀巴勒斯坦难民
Calls for Sharon's Arrest for Alleged War Crimes Continue
Sonja Pace
Cairo
20 Jul 2001 19:05 UTC
A Belgian lawyer representing Palestinian and Lebanese 1)clients says he is hopeful those responsible for the 1982 2)massacre of hundreds, perhaps thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon will be brought to justice. Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is among those 3)implicated in the massacre.
Speaking to reporters in Cairo, Belgian lawyer Luc Walleyn said those responsible for the massacre of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila 4)refugee camps in Lebanon 19 years ago should face charges of war crimes and genocide. "What happened in September '82 was one of the most important crimes that happened since the second world war," Mr. Walleyn said.
The Sabra and Shatila massacres took place during Israel's 5)invasion of Lebanon and its sweep into West Beirut to drive out Palestinian fighters. In September 1982, pro-Israeli Lebanese Christian militias entered the two refugee camps as part of what was termed a 6)mop-up operation, while Israeli troops surrounded the area. Soon thereafter reports 7)emerged about mass killings of 8)unarmed civilians and about Israeli forces preventing refugees from 9)fleeing the attacks.
Mohamed Abu Roudeyna, one of Mr. Walleyn's clients, was five years old when the massacres occurred and was living with his family in the Shatila camp. He says the militias came into the camp and entered the houses and separated the men from the women and children. He says he was sent off with the women to the sports 10)stadium for interrogation. He says he was too young to realize that the people who disappeared would never come back, that they were dead. He says his father and most of his family were massacred. And now, he says, he wants Ariel Sharon to pay.
Mr. Sharon was defense minister of Israel at the time of Sabra and Shatila and he was found indirectly responsible for the massacres by a 11)judicial inquiry headed by the chief justice of Israel's 12)supreme court. After the inquiry was released, Mr. Sharon resigned his post.
Luc Walleyn says he believes there is enough evidence to show that Mr. Sharon had more than just "indirect" responsibility. "The operation to clean up the camps Sabra and Shatila was not an initiative from the Lebanese 13)militia," he says, "it was clearly a joint operation between the Israeli command and that militia, that was in fact acting during the whole Lebanese war also as auxiliary troops to the Israeli 14)occupation."
Mr. Walleyn says Mr. Sharon does not enjoy 15)immunity from prosecution, and he says all those involved, Israelis and Lebanese, must be brought to justice.
His Palestinian clients are taking their case to Belgium because a 1993 law allows Belgian courts to prosecute foreigners for human rights 16)violations, including 17)genocide and war crimes, committed outside of Belgium.
Mr. Walleyn acknowledges that it's impossible to 18)predict whether Ariel Sharon will actually stand trial, but he says there is nowadays a greater sense of accountability. He 19)cited the recent arrest of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who is in a 20)detention center in The Hague and faces charges of war crimes by the U.N. war crimes tribunal.
"I don't think even the prosecutor of The Hague, [when she issued] a warrant of arrest in May 1999, was sure that two years later Mr. Milosevic would be in jail," Mr. Walleyn said.
A lawyer for Ariel Sharon dismisses the charges as a political 21)ploy. Mr. Walleyn disagrees. He says the case should send a message to other world leaders, letting them know they are not above the law and can be held 22)accountable.
The case is currently in the hands of a Brussels 23)magistrate who will decide whether there is enough evidence to bring Mr. Sharon and others to trial. The probe could take years.
(1) client[5klaIEnt]n.顾客, 客户, 委托人
(2) massacre[5mAsEkE(r)]n.残杀, 大屠杀v.残杀, 集体屠杀
(3) implicate[5ImplIkeIt]vt.使牵连其中, 含意, 暗示n.包含的东西
(4) refugee[refjJ:5dVi:; (?@) 5refjJdVi:]n.难民, 流亡者
(5) invasion[In5veIV(E)n]n.入侵
(6) mop-up[`mCpQp]n.扫荡, 扫尾工作
(7) emerge[I5m:dV]vi.显现, 浮现, 暴露, (事实)显现出来
(8) unarmed[5Qn5B:md]adj.徒手的, 非武装的
(9) flee[fli:]vt.逃避, 逃跑, 逃走vi.消散, 逃, 消失
(10) stadium[5steIdIEm]n.露天大型运动场
(11) judicial[dVu:5dIF(E)l]adj.司法的, 法院的, 公正的, 明断的
(12) Supreme Court最高法院
(13) militia[mI5lIFE]n.民兵
(14) occupation[RkjJ5peIF(E)n]n.职业, 占有, 占有(房屋等)期间
(15) immunity from prosecution 免于起诉
(16) violation[ 9vaIE`leIFEn ]n.违反, 违背, 妨碍, 侵害
(17) genocide[5dVenEsaId]n.有计划的灭种和屠杀
(18) predict[prI5dIkt]v.预知, 预言, 预报
(19) cite[saIt]vt.引用, 引证, 提名表扬
(20) detention center n. （青少年罪犯）感化中心 2拘留中心
(21) ploy[plCI]n.策略, 趣味, 工作
(22) accountable[E5kaJntEb(E)l]adj.应负责的, 有责任的, 可解释的
(23) magistrate[5mAdVIstreIt]n.文职官员, 地方官员
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