VOA常速英语:Shuttering Independent Media in Azerbaijan(翻译)

Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government.
接下来，是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。
Azerbaijani authorities have arrested Mehman Aliyev, editor-in-chief of Turan Information Agency, and sentenced him to three months of pre-trial detention pending trial on charges of tax-evasion and abuse-of-power.
日前，阿塞拜疆当局逮捕了图兰通讯社主编梅赫·阿里耶夫（Mehman Aliyev），并在其逃税及滥用权力罪待审期间，对之判处三个月的审前羁押。
U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said, “We are deeply troubled by the August 24 arrest and three month pretrial detention of Mehman Aliyev, the prominent editor-in-chief of Azerbaijan’s only remaining independent media outlet, Turan Information Agency.Other restrictive actions against Turan, include freezing its bank accounts and initiating tax evasion charges against it, are also troubling.”
美国国务院发言人海瑟·诺尔特（Heather Nauert）表示：“我们深感担忧，8月24日被逮捕并被审前羁押三个月的梅赫·阿里耶夫，可是当前阿塞拜疆唯一幸存的独立媒体机构——图兰通讯社的杰出主编。除此之外，其他针对图兰通讯社的限制行为，如冻结其银行账户、对之进行逃税指控等，也让人感到担忧。”
“These actions by the government of Azerbaijan to curtail freedom of press and to further restrict freedom of expression,” said Ms. Nauert, “are the latest in a negative trend that includes the government’s May decision to block access to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other independent media websites.”
诺尔特女士说：“阿塞拜疆政府采取的这些行动，是为了限制新闻自由、进而限制言论自由，此番行动是这种恶化趋势目前最新的体现，此前的体现还包括阿塞拜疆政府在5月时决定在国内封杀自由欧洲广播电台/自由电台等独体媒体的网站。
The United States urges the government of Azerbaijan to immediately release Mehman Aliyev,and all those incarcerated for exercising their fundamental freedoms, in accordance with its international and OSCE obligations.
美国敦促阿塞拜疆政府立即释放梅赫?阿里耶夫以及其他所有因行使基本自由权而被监禁的人们，遵守其对国际及欧安组织的承诺。