卢造和巴巴列被捕后，“胡子兄弟成了广为人知的言论自由倡导者。这一事件激发了全球的强烈抗议，从人权组织到比尔·马赫(Bill Maher)和罗伯·莱纳(Rob Reiner)等美国娱乐界人士;化妆品牌美体小铺(Body Shop)为此组织了请愿，征集到300万个签名。

Partly as a result of those efforts, the sentence was commuted to five years and seven months,and in July 2001 the two rejoined Mr. Lu Maw and began performing every night from theirhome to skirt the ban on performing for the general public.

部分是由于这些努力，两人的刑期分别被减至五年和七个月。2001年7月，两人与卢茂重聚，为避开公开表演的禁令，他们开始每天晚上在家里表演。

Without a change at the helm of government, the risks were high. Still, they refused to backdown. Even though police officers were stationed outside the house, ‘‘the tourists andjournalists continued coming,’’ Mr. Lu Zaw said, explaining that the presence of a foreignaudience probably prevents the authorities from cracking down again. The police are no longerdeployed there.

当时政权尚未更迭，他们冒着很高的风险。但他们绝不屈服。尽管警察就驻扎在门外，“游客和记者还是络绎不绝地前来，卢造说。他还说，当着外国观众的面，当局很可能不敢严厉打击他们。现在，他们家外面已经没有警察了。

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