which reveals that the peace campaigner Jake Pierpan

文中揭露了和平运动者杰克·皮尔潘
was gunned down in the occupied territories

被枪杀于占领区的事实
when he was clearly holding a white flag.

当时他显然已放弃抵抗
The prime minister, Alec Beasley,

首相亚历克·比斯利
today visiting his constituency,

于今日接见了选民
acknowledged the strengths of public reaction to the revelation.

对公众回应还原真相的重要作用表示肯定
Even at times of national crisis,

即便是国难当头
certain basic human freedoms have to be protected.

人类基本权益也要得到保护
We must never stop insisting on telling the truth to our enemies,

我们不仅要坚持向敌人阐明真相
but sometimes we have to tell the truth to our friends as well.

但有时朋友也需要了解真相
That's a difficult duty,

任务虽然艰巨
but between democracies with shared values

但在同价值观的民主政治下