VOA慢速英语：美国将两名关塔那摩湾监狱囚犯送至塞内加尔

美国将两名关塔那摩湾监狱囚犯送至塞内加尔

The United States sent two Libyans from its detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Senegal earlier this week.

美国星期一释放了两名在古巴关塔那摩湾拘留中心的利比亚犯人，并将他们送至西非国家塞内加尔。

U.S. State Department officials called the move a “humanitarian resettlement.”

美国国务院官员称该行动为“人道主义转移”。

“The United States is grateful to the government of Senegal for its humanitarian gesture and willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility,” the Defense Department said.

五角大楼在一份声明中说：“美国感谢塞内加尔政府的人道主义举动，以及支持美国正在努力关闭关塔那摩湾拘留设施的意愿。”

The Libyans were identified as Salem Abdu Salam Ghereby and Omar Khalif Mohammed Abu Baker Mahjour Umar. They had been jailed at the detention center 14 years without facing charges.

获释的两名利比亚男子分别为格列比(Salem Abdu Salam Ghereby)和哈利夫(Omar Khalif Mohammed Abu Baker Mahjour Umar)，他们被关押14年但没有受到指控。

Both men were opponents of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Khalif was captured in Karachi in early 2002. Ghereby was detained in late 2001 along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

他们俩都是利比亚前领导人穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲的反对者。2002年初哈里夫于卡拉奇被捕。格列比于2001年底在阿富汗和巴基斯坦边界地区被捕。

President Barack Obama is working to close the Guantanamo Bay prison before he leaves office next January. Republican members of Congress oppose the closing.

奥巴马总统持续努力在他明年一月离任之前关闭关塔那摩湾拘留中心，而国会共和党人反对关闭该监狱。

The U.S. military has used the prison to hold terror suspects since the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington.

在2001年发生纽约和华盛顿的恐怖袭击后，美军方用该监狱关押恐怖份子嫌疑人。

The detainees started arriving in January 2002. In all, 779 prisoners have been held at Guantanamo Bay.

该监狱于2002年1月开始关押囚犯，一共关押过779名囚犯。

More than 100 detainees have been resettled in 26 countries.

现已有100余名囚犯被转移到26个国家。

One detainee has been freed. Another is serving a life sentence in prison after standing trial in the United States.

一名囚犯已被释放，其余囚犯等待美国审判终身监禁。