French Weasels entertaining Mugabe
 

Tatchell demands Mugabe's arrest in France

Human rights protesters are demanding the arrest of Robert Mugabe on
torture charges during his controversial visit to Paris for a
Franco-African summit.

Activist Peter Tatchell, who has spent 3 years trying to bring the
Zimbabwean president to trial, says he will file a complaint with a
prosecutor to press for his arrest.

The activists say they are angry at France for inviting the leader
despite the European Union banning his travel.

"We're here outside the Ministry of Justice to demand the French
government enforce its law against torture," Mr Tatchell said.
"Torture is a crime under French law, wherever it is committed in the
world, by whomever."

Mr Tatchell, an Australian-born gay rights campaigner, has criticised
Mugabe's harsh treatment of homosexuals in Zimbabwe and said he had
confessions from two people who claim they were tortured.

One of the two, Tom Spicer, an activist with Zimbabwe's political
opposition group, the Movement for Democratic Change, said he had been
harassed for three years by Mugabe's agents and the police.

"I feel it's important for us to come here and show that the world in
general is displeased with France allowing Mugabe to come here," Mr
Spicer said.

The European Union imposed travel restrictions one year ago to punish
Mr Mugabe's government for violating human rights and pursing policies
that have brought the African nation into economic and political
chaos.

© Associated Press


Story filed: 12:17 Wednesday 19th February 2003

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    > French Weasels entertaining Mugabe

Damn, those French posters insulting Americans, get everywhere, don't they?

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eddy wrote in
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    > Tatchell demands Mugabe's arrest in France
    >
snipped
    >
    > The European Union imposed travel restrictions one year ago to punish
    > Mr Mugabe's government for violating human rights and pursing policies
    > that have brought the African nation into economic and political
    > chaos.
    >

This time Tatchell does have a point.

France has not done itself any favours by allowing Mugabe in. On one hand
the French government want other countries to listen to its point of view
over Iraq. It then forces a temporary change to EU policy on Zimbabwe,
decided some time ago, by threatening to withdraw support to future
sanctions.

The lack of interest from the US in Mugabe is predictable. If Saddam had
ventured outside his borders there would soon be an arrest on UN
humanitarian grounds. I fail to see why Mugabe should be treated any
different to Saddam or Milosovic.


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"wessie" wrote in message
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    > eddy wrote in
    > news:[email protected]:
    > > Tatchell demands Mugabe's arrest in France
    > >
    > snipped
    > >
    > > The European Union imposed travel restrictions one year ago to punish
    > > Mr Mugabe's government for violating human rights and pursing policies
    > > that have brought the African nation into economic and political
    > > chaos.
    > >
    > This time Tatchell does have a point.
    > France has not done itself any favours by allowing Mugabe in. On one hand
    > the French government want other countries to listen to its point of view
    > over Iraq. It then forces a temporary change to EU policy on Zimbabwe,
    > decided some time ago, by threatening to withdraw support to future
    > sanctions.
    > The lack of interest from the US in Mugabe is predictable.

The US has been shipping grain to feed Mugabe's starving citizens but the EU
has convinced him to keep it stored in warehouses.

    >If Saddam had
    > ventured outside his borders there would soon be an arrest on UN
    > humanitarian grounds.

No, the left only wants to harrass old dictators like Pinochet who left
Chile the only stable economy in South America. Can't have that.

    >I fail to see why Mugabe should be treated any
    > different to Saddam or Milosovic.

Why that's what France is doing ! Key to Paris and all that. Who do you
think kicked Milosevic out ? France ?

Michael Kennedy

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    >I fail to see why Mugabe should be treated any
    >> different to Saddam or Milosovic.

Easy enough. Mugabe is black.
Think of Mugabe as self determination of Africans with their own affairs.

Mugabe is black. He is against the white farmers. Therefore it is a just cause.
We all know the whites are always wrong.

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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 06:04:34 GMT, "Michael Kennedy"
wrote:

    >"wessie" wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> eddy wrote in
    >> news:[email protected]:
[...]
    >>If Saddam had
    >> ventured outside his borders there would soon be an arrest on UN
    >> humanitarian grounds.
    >No, the left only wants to harrass old dictators like Pinochet who left
    >Chile the only stable economy in South America. Can't have that.
[...]
    >Michael Kennedy

It is such a pity to lose all of those charming old dictators that you
know and love, Samoza, Franco, Pinochet, the Pavlevi's, even Pot Pol
and soon Mr. Hussein. But never fear, the nitwits who set up,
supported, and championed all of those are, no doubt, busy
brainstorming up a new set for you to admire.

By the by, the Chilean economy, not to memtion society, was doing just
fine prior to Pinochet and seems to be recovering from his interlude.
You really ought to spend some time living subject to a dictatorship.
Perhaps you will.

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wrote:

    > By the by, the Chilean economy, not to memtion society, was doing just
    > fine prior to Pinochet and seems to be recovering from his interlude.
    > You really ought to spend some time living subject to a dictatorship.
    > Perhaps you will.

Heck, even disgraced ex - DDR leader Erich Honecker found it attractive to
eventually settle in Chile!

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Greg