2017考研英语拓展阅读：巴基斯坦女子助闺蜜私奔遭“处决“
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A Pakistani teenage girl in Abbotabad was drugged, strangled and set on
fire by elders of the village for allegedly helping her friend elope.
一位来自于巴基斯坦北部阿伯塔巴德村庄的少女因帮助闺蜜私奔，被村庄长者灌药捆绑火烧致死。
The victim, 15-year-old Ambreen, was punished by a local group of elders,
who held her responsible for helping the couple elope on 23 April from Makool
village of Abbotabad district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
受害者Ambreen 15岁，因4月23日帮阿伯塔巴德的一闺蜜私奔被当地的长老会惩罚。
The village elders met on 28 April and decided to punish Ambreen and the
man who transported the eloping couple in his van by burning the girl and the
vehicle, police official Shams Khan said.
一位警官Shams Khan说道，村庄长老会于4月28日集合商议，将运送私奔女孩的司机和货车都烧毁。
"They killed the girl on 29 April by strangulating her and then put her
body in the vehicle which was set of fire," he said.
“他们在4月29日将这名女子勒死，并将尸体扔进货车，将货车烧毁，”他说。
Police have arrested 13 out of the 15 men who had sanctioned the killing.
They have been charged with murder, arson and terrorism.
警方逮捕了这15个男人中的13位，并处以死刑。因为他们被指控有谋杀罪、纵火罪和恐怖行为。
Honour killings in Pakistan
巴基斯坦的“荣誉处决”
Incidents of violence against the women in the name of honour are rampant
in Pakistan.
在巴基斯坦，针对女性的荣誉处决罪行并不少见。
Women in Pakistan have fought for their rights for decades, in a country
where honour killings and acid attacks remain commonplace.
巴基斯坦的女性为自身权利已经奋斗了几十年，但是荣誉处决和酸攻击依旧屡见不鲜。
More than 500 men and women died in honour killings last year, according to
the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Many of these crimes, carried out by
relatives who say their mostly female victims have brought shame on the family,
are never prosecuted, observers say.
据巴基斯坦的人权委员会介绍，去年500多位男女因荣誉处决而死亡。观察人士说，很多为家庭蒙羞的女性并没有遭到亲属的控告。
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