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  3. "Wanted" posters aren’t seen much these days outside of Western films. But Canadian government officials are crowing over their

"Wanted" posters aren’t seen much these days outside of Western films. But Canadian government officials are crowing over their

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问题     "Wanted" posters aren’t seen much these days outside of Western films. But Canadian government officials are crowing over their recent success in repackaging this age-old law-enforcement tactic for the Internet age. On July 21st the country’s Border Services Agency(CBSA)put on its website the names and photos of 30 people it said were war criminals hiding in Canada, and asked for tips on their whereabouts. By July 29th, five of them had been arrested. They will soon be deported to their countries of origin. People " active or complieit in war crimes and crimes against humanity can no longer hide in the shadows, " proclaimed Vic Toews, the minister of public safety, after the fourth suspect was captured. He says he hopes to expand the cyber-posters to cover other categories of fugitives(逃犯)as well.
    Observers outside the government have been a bit more cautious in evaluating the programme. First, the authorities have not disclosed whether the arrests depended on tips from people who saw the website, or whether the police were already on the suspects’ trail. Moreover, the list probably does not include any Ratko Mladics. It is thought to consist mostly of people who once belonged to security forces in countries where war crimes have been committed, such as Congo and Ghana, or have relatives that did. These individuals are guilty of immigration violations for failing to leave the country when their residency applications were rejected. But the government has not revealed any evidence directly tying them to specific violent actions.
    Canada is making little pretence of presuming the suspects’ innocence of these vague allegations. Although Mr. Toews insists that " we are not making a finding of guilt or innocence" , the CBSA website says that "it has been determined that the suspects violated human or international rights under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act or under international law. " One man on the list, a Salvadoran army veteran named Francisco Manuel Hernandez, moved to the United States in 1993 after Canada rejected his refugee application. He is now an American citizen and a pastor in New York. He is threatening to sue if CBSA does not remove his name and photo from its website.
    Most importantly, if the government is right that vicious war criminals are on the loose in Canadian territory, it is shifting off its obligation to bring them to justice. Suspected war criminals from foreign conflicts can be tried under Canadian law. And if the government decides not to undertake that costly and lengthy process, it could still try to arrange extraditions(引渡), which would guarantee that the suspects would face trial elsewhere.0 Instead, Canada simply plans to put them on the first flight out and wash its hands of them. "It’s appalling the way they are handling it, " says Jayne Stoyles, the executive director of the Canadian Centre for International Justice, a campaign group.
    Canada’s immigration system can certainly be taken advantage of by visitors with unsavoury pasts. The country accepts around 250, 000 " New Canadians" a year through a drawn-out process that makes it easy for applicants to disappear. In 2008 the government’s auditor-general reported that immigration officials had lost track of 41, 000 rejected candidates. Ms. Stoyles estimates that as many as 2, 000 alleged war criminals may be living in Canada. But the right-wing government’s disinterest in determining these suspects’ guilt or innocence suggests that it is more concerned with courting anti-immigrant and law-and-order conservatives at home than with the fight for justice abroad.
We can learn from Paragraph 1 that______.
选项 A、Canadian government uses the cyber-posters to find the war criminals
B、30 war criminals had been arrested since being wanted by government
C、people against humanity are no longer severely punished in Canada today
D、a Canadian murderer’s information can also be found on the Internet
答案A
解析 细节题。文章开篇第一句提到加拿大政府官员正为自己在网络时代复兴了“通缉犯”告示做法的成功而洋洋得意，接着第二到第四句详细介绍了这一做法的具体操作步骤和功效，故[A]为正确答案。根据本段第四句“截止到7月29日，共逮捕了5名犯罪嫌疑人”可知，[B]的陈述错误，故排除；根据本段最后两句中提到的公共安全部长维克·托尔斯的话“那些战争犯及其同谋者以及犯下反人类罪行的人将不能够再躲藏在暗处”可知，[C]陈述错误，故排除；再根据他说的“他希望将网络通缉告示扩大并覆盖到其他类别的逃犯上”可知，目前网络通缉告示只包括战犯，故排除[D]。
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