2007年VOA标准英语-Nepal's Young Communist League Rejects Abuse Ch

By Liam Cochrane
Kathmandu
26 June 2007

Nepal's Young Communist League has rejected a report from the United Nations accusing it of human rights violations². The group's leader says it is working to eliminate corruption⁴ and crime that the police have failed to tackle. Liam Cochrane reports from Kathmandu.

Young Communist League members

The Young Communist League, or YCL, claims to have 325,000 members. Its activities range from cleaning up the streets and planting tress to abducting⁵ people it suspects of criminal acts or corruption.

But recently, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner⁶ for Human Rights in Nepal investigated dozens of abductions, which sometimes included beatings and forcing people to hand over money or land. It says the YCL has violated human rights in many cases.

The leader of the YCL in Kathmandu, who goes by the alias⁷ Sagar, disagrees with the U.N. over what constitutes a human rights violation¹.

YCL chief, Sagar

Sagar says that Nepal's population remains⁸ oppressed by corruption and crime, and that the YCL is working to bring criminals to what he describes as a "people's justice."

He also accuses rights agencies such as the U.N.'s human rights office of supporting the allegedly corrupt³ people the YCL targets.

While U.N. officials acknowledge that the police have been unable to establish order in Nepal since the end of the civil war last year, they say rights must be protected.

"We would still argue that whatever is done has to be within the law and within human rights principles and what we have seen is in clear violation of those principles," said Sandra Beidas, the protection officer at the U.N. office for human rights.

YCL members hand out pamphlets during campaign launched 26 Jun 2007

The U.N. also has investigated reports of the YCL disrupting political gatherings⁹ in western Nepal.

Beidas says any group that interferes¹⁰ with people's right to assemble is a threat to the coming Constituent¹¹ Assembly elections. She says, however, that other militant¹² groups in the southern districts also are causing problems and are hurting stability.

In November, Nepal voters will elect a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the constitution and decide whether to keep the monarchy¹³.

The YCL's Sagar says his organization is committed to ensuring a free and fair election and will make sure those with "money and muscle" do not manipulate the vote.

YCL members in central Kathmandu, 26 Jun 2007

Sagar says that if the Constituent Assembly election is postponed¹⁴ again the YCL will launch a peaceful protest but if that fails the group will resort to violence.

Nepal's decade-long civil war ended last year with a peace deal between the rebel Maoists and mainstream¹⁵ political parties.

The United Nations has set up a special mission in Nepal to monitor the Maoist army and their weapons, and to assist with elections.

 

 

1 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

2 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

3 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

4 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

5 abducting   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的现在分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. 她被控诱拐一个6个月大的孩子。
• At the same time, the rate of abducting foreigners is going down. 同时，发生在外国人身上的绑架案正在下降。

6 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

7 alias   

n.化名；别名；adv.又名

参考例句：

• His real name was Johnson,but he often went by the alias of Smith.他的真名是约翰逊，但是他常常用化名史密斯。
• You can replace this automatically generated alias with a more meaningful one.可用更有意义的名称替换这一自动生成的别名。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

9 gatherings   

聚集( gathering的名词复数 )； 收集； 采集； 搜集

参考例句：

• His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
• During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。

10 interferes   

vi. 妨碍，冲突，干涉

参考例句：

• The noise interferes with my work. 这噪音妨碍我的工作。
• That interferes with my plan. 那干扰了我的计划。

11 constituent   

n.选民；成分，组分；adj.组成的，构成的

参考例句：

• Sugar is the main constituent of candy.食糖是糖果的主要成分。
• Fibre is a natural constituent of a healthy diet.纤维是健康饮食的天然组成部分。

12 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

13 monarchy   

n.君主，最高统治者；君主政体，君主国

参考例句：

• The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
• The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的，无甚实际意义。

14 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

15 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。