VOA慢速英語：你支持嚴刑逼供恐怖分子嗎?

你支持嚴刑逼供恐怖分子嗎?

People are divided about whether governments should torture people suspected of terrorism.

人們對應不應該對恐怖分子實施酷刑持不同看法。

Torture involves severe physical or emotional pain to gain information from someone.

酷刑即對恐怖分子造成身體或精神上的痛苦，從而獲取情報。

The Pew Research Center asked people in 38 nations if they believe torture is justified to gain information from suspected terrorists about future attacks. The average support for torture in the 38 countries was 40 percent.

皮尤研究中心對來自38個國家的人做了調查，在他們看來，對還未實行恐怖襲擊的恐怖分子嚴刑逼供是否合法公平。在這來自38個國家的人中，平均支持率為40%。

Governments sometimes defend torture as a way of learning about a planned terrorist attack so they can take action to prevent it.

政府有時將酷刑作為一種獲取恐怖襲擊情報的方法，因此他們可以提前采取行動，預防恐怖襲擊。

But a U.S. Senate Committee report said brutal questioning of suspects does not work. In 2014, the committee said torture was “not an effective means of acquiring intelligence or gaining cooperation” from terrorist suspects.

但美國參議院委員會的報告顯示，強化審訊技術對獲得情報收效甚微。2014年，委員會表示，拷問并不是一中獲取情報或讓嫌犯配合的有效方式。

The most support for torture came from people in Uganda. Seventy eight percent of Ugandans polled by the Pew Research Center said they support torture against suspected terrorists.

來自烏干達的人最支持酷刑。據(jù)皮尤研究中心的調查，78%的烏干達人給酷刑投了贊成票。

Other countries with more than 58 percent support for torture were Lebanon,Israel, Kenya, Nigeria and the United States, Pew said.

皮尤說，其他支持率超過58%的被調查者來自黎巴嫩、以色列、肯尼亞、尼日利亞和美國。

All those nations have experienced terrorist attacks.

這些國家都曾遭遇恐怖襲擊。

The lowest percentages of support for torture came from people in Argentina,Ukraine, Venezuela, Chile and Indonesia. Support in those five nations was 22 percent or less.

支持率最低的被調查者來自阿根廷、烏克蘭、委內瑞拉、智利和印度尼西亞。這五個國家的支持率為22%或以下。

Richard Wike of the Pew Research Center reported recently on the research about support for torture. It was based on interviews that Pew did last year.

美國皮尤研究中心的Richard Wike基于皮尤去年做的的采訪，就支持酷刑的調查做了報告。

He said people who believe their own governments should use torture were more likely to support the United States' response to the 2001 terrorist attacks.

他說，那些支持政府對恐怖分子施以酷刑的人更可能支持美國回擊2001年的恐怖襲擊。

The deadly attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. led the George W. Bush administration to permit tougher treatment of suspected terrorists. It included keeping suspects awake for long hours, playing loud music and “waterboarding.”

紐約和華盛頓遭遇恐怖襲擊之后，布什政府加強了對恐怖分子的審問手段。這種手段包括剝奪睡眠，對囚犯播放大聲地噪音或音樂和“水刑”。

Waterboarding is when water is poured on a cloth covering the face of a captive. It makes people feel they are drowning. Critics called the treatment torture, but the Bush administration denied this.

這是一種使囚犯以為自己快被溺斃的刑訊方式，犯人被綁成腳比頭高的姿勢，臉部被毛巾蓋住，然后把水倒在囚犯臉上。有人指責該刑法為虐待囚犯，但布什政府否認了這一說法。

The treatment of terrorism suspects drew criticism. U.S. Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, said torture is not effective and could subject U.S. troops to similar treatment.

對恐怖分子的酷刑遭到了譴責。美國參議員約翰·麥凱恩是一名來自亞利桑那州的共和黨人士。他說，實施酷刑收效甚微，且可能使美國士兵遭遇同樣的虐待。

President Barack Obama, who beat McCain in the 2008 presidential race,issued an order banning torture after his election win.

奧巴馬于2008年總統(tǒng)大選時戰(zhàn)勝麥凱恩成為美國總統(tǒng)。在他當選后，他頒布了一條禁止虐囚的法令。

Businessman Donald Trump, a leading Republican presidential candidate,said he supports waterboarding to deal with Islamic State terrorists.

商人唐納德·特朗普，共和黨總統(tǒng)候選人，說他支持對伊斯蘭國家的恐怖分子實施水刑。

“We're like living in medieval times. If I have to do it and if it's up to me, I would absolutely bring back waterboarding," Trump told ABC.

“我們就像生活在中世紀。如果我是總統(tǒng)，如果非做不可的話，我絕對愿意回復水刑。”特朗普對嗎，美國廣播公司說。

I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.

我是克里斯多夫·瓊斯·克魯斯。