(HL-사건/사고/법률) Amnesty Report on Syrian Prisons Details ‘Catalog of Horror’

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A new Amnesty International report says survivors tell of the torture of tens of thousands of political prisoners in Syria. The report also estimates more than 17,000 people died or were killed in Syrian military prisons between March 2011 and December 2015. An uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began in 2011. This led to a civil war that continues today. Charges in the report, called “It Breaks the Human,” were based on interviews with 65 torture survivors. Most witnesses told Amnesty they had seen at least one death while in prison. The Director of Amnesty International for the Middle East and North Africa, Philip Luther, called the report a “catalog of horror stories.” “For decades, Syrian government forces have used torture as a means to crush their opponents,” Luther said. “Today, it is being carried out as part of a systematic and widespread attack directed against anyone suspected of opposing the government in the civilian population and amounts to crimes against humanity.” Syrian authorities have denied the charges.
* Amnesty International = 국제 사면 위원회/ tell of ~ = ~을 알리다[설명하다]/ torture = 고문; 고문과 같은 것/ tens of thousands of ~ = 수천 수만의, 수많은 ~/ political prisoner = 정치[국사]범/ estimate = 추산[추정]하다/ uprising = 봉기, 반란, 폭동/ lead to ~ = ~로 이어지다/ means = 수단, 방법, 방도/ crush = (폭력으로) 진압[탄압]하다/ opponent = 반대자; 상대/ carry out = ~을 수행[이행]하다/ systematic = 체계적인, 조직적인/ direct against[at] ~ = ~을 겨누다[향하게 하다]/ be suspected of ~ = ~의 의심을 받는/ oppose = 반대하다/ amount to ~ = ~와 마찬가지이다[~에 해당하다]  (합계가) ~에 이르다[달하다]/ humanity = 인류, 인간/ authorities = 당국, 관계자, 정부당국/ charge = 비난; (경찰의) 기소, 고발    
 
The report said that abuses increased at the start of the Syrian uprising. “…Anyone perceived to oppose the government is at risk of arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment, enforced disappearance and death in custody,” it said. Most detainees told Amnesty they experienced torture and other ill-treatment during almost all interrogations. The torture described included beatings, electric shock, psychological abuse and other methods. Amnesty Syria expert Claudia Scheufler helped put the report together. She said there is much more torture now than there was in the past.
* abuse = 학대; 남용, 오용/ perceive = ~을 (~로) 여기다; 감지[인지]하다/ (be) at risk of ~ =~의 위험에 처한/ arbitrary = [행동・결정・법칙 등이] 임의적인, 제멋대로인; 전횡을 일삼는, 독단적인/ detention = (특히 유치장・교도소에서의) 구금[구류]/ ill-treatment = 학대, 혹사, 냉대/ enforced = 강제적인, 강요된/ in custody = 구류되어, 감금되어/ detainee = 억류자/ interrogation = 심문, 질문; 의문/ electric shock = 전기 충격/ put sth together = (이것저것을 모아) 만들다[준비하다]  

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