Mugabe : Rules are for Others, not Himself
Posted by ZDN on October 29, 2009
Visits from the UN:
On behalf of the suffering people of Zimbabwe, we call on the United Nations to deny Robert Mugabe visiting rights to all the UN organisations. We ask the UN to apply targeted travel sanctions on Mugabe and his relatives and entourage immediately.
This week, an important United Nations official envoy was refused entry into Zimbabwe by Robert Mugabe. United Nations special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak was stopped at Harare International Airport and told to get on the next plane out. Mr Novak was on an 8-day mission that had previously been organised and agreed to by the Zimbabwe government. He was supposed to be a guest in our country.
The United Nations on the other hand, allows Mugabe (and his wife, and his ministers and security people and various relatives and other hangers-on) to visit the United Nations offices wherever they may be – in New York, Geneva or Rome. The Mugabes love this, because It’s the only way they can get round the targeted sanctions and Grace the First Shopper spend her ‘crochet money’ on designer shoes and jewels.
No Criminals in Government:
Mugabe recently said in a CNN interview, regarding the issue of Roy ‘Pachedu’ Bennet: “The allegation is that he’s responsible for organizing arms of war against Zimbabwe.” Mugabe said that Bennett would be appointed only if he were cleared of all crimes.
But how come if you are accused of crimes and a Zanu-PF member, you can not only be in government but you can get right to the top? Why is the Zanu-PF Politburo crammed with alleged murderers, torturers, thieves and nepotists? Robert Mugabe himself is personally responsible for the massacre of more than twenty thousand innocent men, women and children in Matabeleland in the ’80s. By his own rules, let Robert ‘No votes’ Mugabe stay out of government until he also is “cleared of all crimes”!
On behalf of the People of Zimbabwe and in the name of justice, ALL the accused criminals in government must step down immediately, and face their day in court in front of a neutral judge.
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10-31-2009
1:54 pm
Maromo Chipiri
Yes this could be a good idea but which rat will be the first to put the bell on the cat.
International Human Rights Laws are there, But not strong enough to nail the buster ed.
So what can the poor Zimbas do?
If there is nothing internationally legal to be done now to this tyrant then better leave this issue till he dies.
Afghanistan is at war Iraq was and still is because of such people. Why cant he be internationally arrested.