12-02-2005

巴格达什叶派和逊尼派团结反暴 (Shi'ites and Sunnis Unite Against Violence in Baghdad)

在伊拉克，数以百计的什叶派和逊尼派穆斯林走上巴格达街头，在反对宗派暴力方面表现出团结一致。

在做完星期五的祷告后，这些男男女女手拿伊拉克旗帜和他们失踪或死亡亲属的牌子，呼吁结束教派行刑队。他们还谴责据说在什叶派管理的政府监狱中对逊尼派阿拉伯人的虐待。

In Iraq, hundreds of Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims have taken to the streets of Baghdad in a show of unity against sectarian violence.

Following Friday prayers, men and women carrying Iraqi flags and posters of their missing or dead relatives called for an end to sectarian death squads. They also denounced the alleged abuse of Sunni Arabs in a Shi'ite-run government jail.

联合国调查员说酷刑在中国广泛使用 (UN Investigator Says Torture Widespread in China)

联合国人权调查员诺瓦克说，酷刑在中国仍十分普遍，他指责政府官员阻碍他的调查。

联合国酷刑调查专员诺瓦克星期五在北京说，他在中国进行12天的访问期间，获准和据说受到虐待的监狱犯人面谈。但是他说，当局不允许他携带照像设备或录音器材到监狱中以记录他的调查。

A United Nations rights investigator says torture remains widespread in China, and he has accused government officials there of obstructing his fact-finding mission.

In Beijing today (Friday), U.N. envoy on torture Manfred Nowak said that during his 12-day visit he was granted access to prisoners who allege they were abused. But he was not allowed to bring photographic or electronic equipment into prisons to document his findings.