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Human-rights abuses
人权问题
Nothing new under the sun
日光之下无新事
Some dictators may have fallen, but human-rights abuses continue
也许有些独裁者已然倒下，但侵犯人权之事依旧存续
May 12th 2011 | OSLO | from the print edition
Tunisian plainclothes back in action突尼斯的便衣又开始行动了
THE world really can become a better place—that seemed to be the belief of the protesters who have thronged streets in the Middle East. Sadly, those who spoke this week at the Oslo Freedom Forum,a glittering gathering of veterans of human-rights struggles, instead attested to the wisdom of Ecclesiastes: “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done.”
世界可以更美好——这似乎是中东地区涌上街头抗议的人们的信念。不幸的是，这周奥斯陆自由论坛——备受关注的为人权斗争的一些老兵们的集会上的发言却证实了传道书中的名言：“已有之事后必再有；已行之事后必再行。日光之下并无新事。”
Take the impact of technology. Facebook and other social media services have created opportunities for dissidents and revolutionaries to organise and voice their opposition. But those in power have discovered that they, too, can use the internet, in their case to stifle freedom of speech. The dream of all dictators is to know as much about you as Google does, says Jacob Mchangama, a Danish human-rights lawyer.
就拿科技的作用来说吧。Facebook及其他的社会传媒为持不同政见者及革命分子创造了机会，使他们组能够织起来，表达各自的反对意见。但当权者也发现他们也可以利用互联网来扼杀言论自由。一位丹麦律师Jacob Mchangama说，所有独裁者的梦想都是像google一样了解你。
