谭作人荣膺美国《时代》周刊2009年度十大英雄人物

http://www.time.com/time/special ... 701_1944714,00.html The Top 10 Everything of 2009 TIME charts the highs and lows of the past year in 50 wide-ranging lists The Top 10 Everything of 2009 > Top 10 Heroes 7. Tan Zuoren By KRISTA MAHR Tuesday, Dec. 08, 2009 When the Sichuan earthquake struck southwest China in May 2008, hundreds of buildings crumbled — a large number of them schools. Thousands of children were killed in China's deadliest natural disaster in decades, leaving bereaved parents wondering why their sons and daughters had been left vulnerable in such shoddily constructed buildings. Blogger and democracy activist Tan Zuoren took up the parents' cause, working with others to compile a list of the students who died in the rubble that day and draw attention to the construction of the cheap "tofu" buildings that collapsed so easily. Not surprisingly, the efforts of Tan and the volunteers helping him were met with resistance from the local officials who had approved those buildings. On March 28, Tan was arrested in Chengdu, a city in Sichuan, for posting subversive content online. The 55-year-old remains in jail and faces up to five years in prison. 译文（by 兽兽） 时代周刊：2009年十大英雄人物 7. 谭作人 作者：克里斯塔·玛尔2009年12月8日 星期二 2008年5月，四川地震袭击了中国西南，成百上千的建筑坍塌损毁——其中有为数众多的学校。成千上万的孩子在这场中国数十年来最严重的自然灾害中死去，经历丧痛的家长们质疑：为什么他们的子女会在这些劣质的建筑里上学，危如卵翼。博客作者、民主人士谭作人承担起了家长们的追诉，他与其他人一道，搜集地震死亡学生名单，引发公众对于不堪一击的劣质“豆腐渣”工程的注意。并不让人感到意外的是，谭作人与其他帮助他的志愿者遭到了来自地方官员的阻挠，是这些官员当年批准兴建了“豆腐渣”建筑。（2009年）5月28日，谭作人在四川成都被捕，罪名是在网上张贴含有颠覆内容的文章。55岁的谭作人目前仍被监禁，并面临最高5年的刑罚。 Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1945379_1944701_1944714,00.html#ixzz0ZOQK6EBf [ 本帖最后由 兽兽 于 2009-12-12 19:16 编辑 ]