229 克罗地亚将军向联合国特等法庭自首

229 克罗地亚将军向联合国特等法庭自首

Croatian General Surrenders to UN Tribunal
Lauren Comiteau
The Hague
25 Jul 2001 15:16 UTC

Croatian General Rahim Ademi has 1)voluntarily 2)surrendered to officials of the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal and is now in their 3)custody at the tribunal's 4)detention center. He is the first Croatian army officer to be accused of crimes against Serbs in Croatia and will soon answer to charges of crimes against humanity allegedly committed in 1993.
General Ademi left Zagreb's airport Wednesday morning saying his conscience is clear and he would prove it before the Hague war crimes 5)tribunal. General Ademi is an ethnic¹ Albanian by birth. He says he is proud of his role in the 1991 to 1995 war, where Croats were trying to regain² land taken by Serbs in the central Krajina region.
But 6)prosecutors³ say as acting⁴ commander in the region, General Ademi is responsible for the attack on the Medak pocket that killed at least 38 Serb 7)civilians - many of them women and elderly people - and two Serb soldiers who had been captured. They cite an 86 year old woman burned alive in her house, and another woman - 71 years old - whose throat was slit⁵.
In addition, prosecutors say that 164 homes and 148 barns were destroyed, leaving the area completely 8)uninhabitable. For those crimes, says 9)prosecution⁶ spokeswoman Florence Hartmann, General Ademi is charged with persecution⁷, murder, and plunder⁸. "Rahim Ademi decided⁹ to voluntarily surrender," she says. "The prosecution, therefore hopes he will cooperate with the prosecution and answers its questions."
Prosecutors have 10)indicted another Croatian military leader, believed to be retired¹⁰ General Ante Gotovina. He is now on the run from Croatian police who have orders to arrest him.
Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal has 11)triggered threats of 12)unrest by Croatian veterans groups still loyal to late nationalist president Franjo Tudjman. But opinion polls show that the majority of the public supports the new government's 13)stance to surrender war crimes suspects and cooperate with the court.

(1) voluntarily[5vRlEntErIlI]adv.自动地, 以自由意志
(2) surrender[sE5rendE(r)]vt.交出, 放弃, 使投降vi.投降, 自首n.交出, 放弃, 投降
(3) custody[5kQstEdI]n.保官
(4) detention center n. （青少年罪犯）感化中心 2拘留中心
(5) tribunal[traI5bju:n(E)l]n.法官席, 审判员席, (特等)法庭
(6) prosecutor[5prRsIkju:tE(r)]n.检举人
(7) civilian[sI5vIlIEn]n.平民, 公务员, 文官adj.民间的, 民用的
(8) uninhabitable adj.不适于人居住的
(9) prosecution[prRsI5kju:F(E)n]n.进行, 经营, 检举, 起诉
(10) indict[In5daIt]vt.起诉, 控告, 指控, 告发
(11) trigger[5trI^E(r)]vt.引发, 引起, 触发n.板机
(12) unrest[Qn5rest]n.不安的状态, 动荡的局面
(13) stance[stR:ns, stAns]n.姿态

 

1 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

2 regain   

vt.重新获得，收复，恢复

参考例句：

• He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
• The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。

3 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。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 slit   

n.狭长的切口；裂缝；vt.切开，撕裂

参考例句：

• The coat has been slit in two places.这件外衣有两处裂开了。
• He began to slit open each envelope.他开始裁开每个信封。

6 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

7 persecution   

n. 迫害,烦扰

参考例句：

• He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。
• Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people. 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗。

8 plunder   

vt.劫掠财物，掠夺；n.劫掠物，赃物；劫掠

参考例句：

• The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
• Trade should not serve as a means of economic plunder.贸易不应当成为经济掠夺的手段。

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

10 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。