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A team of internationally renowned war crimes prosecutors and forensic experts has found “direct evidence” of “systematic torture and killing” by the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the lawyers on the team say in a new report.
一個由多位國際知名戰爭罪檢察官和鑑識專家組成的團體已尋獲敘利亞總統阿塞德政權執行「系統性虐待和殺害囚犯」的「直接證據」，該團體的律師在最新報告中指出。
“This is a smoking gun,” said David Crane, one of the report’s authors. “Any prosecutor would like this kind of evidence — the photos and the process. This is direct evidence of the regime’s killing machine.”
「這是鐵證如山」，報告作者之一的克萊恩說，「任何一位檢察官都會喜歡這類證據─照片和過程，這是（阿塞德）政權的殺人機器的直接證據」。
The bodies in the photos showed signs of starvation, brutal beatings, strangulation, and other forms of torture and killing, according to the report.
照片中的屍體呈現挨餓、痛毆、絞死和其他虐待與殺人手法的情形，根據報告指出。
In a group of photos of 150 individuals examined in detail by the experts, 62% of the bodies showed emaciation — severely low body weight with a hollow appearance indicating starvation. The majority of all of the victims were men most likely aged 20-40.
專家仔細檢驗一組150人的照片，發現62%的屍體是消瘦的─極低的體重與形銷骨立的外貌顯示出挨餓。絕大多數被害者是男性，最可能在20至40歲。
The emaciated bodies were the product of starvation as a method of torture, “reminiscent of the pictures of those who were found still alive in the Nazi death camps after World War II,” he said in a CNN interview.
消瘦的屍體是虐囚挨餓的結果，「令人聯想到第二次世界大戰後的納粹集中營倖存者的照片」，他在CNN專訪中說。
新聞辭典
renowned：形容詞，著名的。例句：My mom is renowned for her patience.（我的母親以耐心著稱。）
starvation：名詞，飢餓、挨餓。例句：Millions will face starvation next year, according to the report.（根據報告，數百萬人明年將面臨挨餓。）
emaciated：形容詞，消瘦的、憔悴的。例句：Helen is very thin, almost to the point of emaciation.（海倫很瘦，幾乎到了憔悴的地步。）
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