缅甸政府特赦500多名囚犯
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Burma has released more than 500 prisoners, including some of the country's remaining political detainees and a number of foreigners.

缅甸政府释放了500多名囚犯,包括一些政治犯和部分外国人。
 
Officials released no list of names, but opposition1 groups say at least 58 political detainees have been freed.
 
The move comes just a week before Burma's President Thein Sein is due to visit the United Nations in New York.
 
Over the past year, the government has freed more than 600 political detainees as part of a series of reforms. 
 
They included many of the best-known opponents of the government.
 
"We're optimistic that these are the remaining political prisoners," said Naing Naing, a member of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD).
 
However, human rights groups have warned that the precise(精确的) number of political prisoners is still not known.
 
"While another prisoner amnesty is welcome in principle, like everyone else we're left waiting to see the list before we assess how many political prisoners are included, what it means and how significant it is," Phil Robertson, deputy director of the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
 
"The problem is there is a lack of transparency from the Burma government about who is a political prisoner, where they are, and how many are left."
 
Estimates of the number of political prisoners remaining in Burmese jails vary, but rights groups say at least 300 were still being held before Monday's releases.
 
The government statement said the pardons(赦免,宽恕) were intended to ensure "stability of the state and eternal peace, by respecting humanitarian2 grounds... and also to have friendship and goodwill3 in relations with neighbouring countries".
 
It said those released included "foreign prisoners from the prisons around the country".
 
NLD member Nay4 Win was among those who were let out of Rangoon's Insein prison. 
 
"Our lives are destroyed, although we are still alive," he told AFP news agency.
 
He said he had been given a seven-year sentence in 2008 for accusing judges of corruption5. Two foreigners - one Indian and one Chinese - were also freed, he said.
 
President Sein, who is seeking global support for his reform drive, is about to begin a visit to China before heading to the United Nations.
 
Meanwhile, Aung San Suu Kyi has begun a trip to the United States, her first visit to the country in two decades. 
 
During her 18-day trip she will be presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian6 honour in the US, among other awards.


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1 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对,敌对
参考例句:
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
2 humanitarian kcoxQ     
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
参考例句:
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
3 goodwill 4fuxm     
n.善意,亲善,信誉,声誉
参考例句:
  • His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
  • We paid £10,000 for the shop,and £2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店,两千英镑买下了它的信誉。
4 nay unjzAQ     
adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者
参考例句:
  • He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的,不,应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
  • Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章,不,应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。
5 corruption TzCxn     
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。
6 civilian uqbzl     
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
参考例句:
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
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