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Original Post Date: 2001-08-29 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 8/29/2001 2:58:14 AM
Australia dismisses calls to ban Mugabe
20/08/2001
Australia has dismissed calls to ban Robert Mugabe, the President of
Zimbwabwe, from attending a Commonwealth leaders’ meeting in Australia as a
protest against human rights abuses. Australian government officials said
today.
However Peter Slipper, a Conservative member of Parliament, wants organisers
of October’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to ban Mugabe,
whose campaign to seize white-owned farms to give to landless blacks has been
condemned internationally. Nine white farmers have died in the violence that
has accompanied the occupation of these farms and scores of farm workers have
been injured.
Slipper said Mugabe’s proposed visit had already resulted in threats of
violence and protests at the Commonwealth meeting in Brisbane in the state of
Queensland from October 6-9 which is expected to be attended by about 52
world leaders. “The bottom line is that Mr Mugabe is ruling over a new regime
of apartheid in Africa, because he condones the murder and violence of his
citizens,” Slipper said in a statement. “The best solution to the Mugabe
problem is to stop him attending CHOGM and from coming to Australia.”
Amnesty International said Mugabe would be targeted by protesters for
inciting violence against white farmers, political killings and homophobic
laws. Government officials ruled out banning Mugabe from coming to Australia
for the meeting although expected concerns to be raised with him at a
leaders’ retreat ahead of the conference.
“We have undertaken to host CHOGM and we don’t have the right to pick and
choose who will come,” an official said. “We would hope that the concerns
voiced during the meeting would have some impact.”
Mugabe set to use opportunity to address concerns
Kim Beazley, Australia’s opposition Labour leader, said Australia should let
Mugabe come and use his visit as an opportunity to address concerns about the
situation in Zimbabwe. “Bring him in and say, look the treatment of the
farmers now is inappropriate,” Beazley told Australian Broadcasting Corp
radio.
“There have many times been people at Commonwealth gatherings who are less
than adequate on a democratic front but it also presents an opportunity to
give them a once over on the subject of their behaviour.”
Organisers are preparing for violence at the Commonwealth meeting which will
be led by Queen Elizabeth as head of the 54-nation organisation of mostly
former British colonies. Loose alliances of protesters backing causes from
anti-globalisation, human rights to the environment have vowed to descend on
Brisbane to demonstrate.
Up to 1600 police and troops will be deployed to keep the peace at the
meeting and prevent any repetition of the violence seen at other
international gatherings recently. – Reuters