WARNING: This is Version 1 of my old archive, so Photos will NOT work and many links will NOT work. But you can find articles by searching on the Titles. There is a lot of information in this archive. Use the SEARCH BAR at the top right. Prior to December 2012; I was a pro-Christian type of Conservative. I was unaware of the mass of Jewish lies in history, especially the lies regarding WW2 and Hitler. So in here you will find pro-Jewish and pro-Israel material. I was definitely WRONG about the Boeremag and Janusz Walus. They were for real.
Original Post Date: 2007-03-21 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
By Sophie Walker
London – Western powers vowed on Tuesday to keep up pressure on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe despite threats to expel their diplomats if they continue to criticise his government.
Both Britain and the United States have called for more sanctions against Mugabe’s government because of what they say was a violent crackdown on opposition leaders and the severe economic crisis they blame on state mismanagement.
Zimbabwe Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi on Monday warned Western envoys in Harare the government would not hesitate to expel those who backed opposition politics.
Zimbabwe officials have not said which countries could be targeted for expulsion but they are thought to include former colonial ruler Britain, the United States, Australia and Sweden.
“Such threats will not deter the UK from speaking out against the continued misgovernance and human rights abuses in Zimbabwe,” a British Foreign Office official told reporters.
“It’s a tragic, unfortunate situation and it’s just terrible to watch, most especially because it’s the Zimbabwean people that are suffering as a result,” State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said of the situation in the country.
Mugabe last week told his Western critics “to go hang” and ordered Mumbengegwi to “read the riot act” to Western envoys.
Police arrested main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and 49 others on March 11, accusing them of holding an illegal rally. Tsvangirai and several others later received hospital treatment – they said they had been beaten and tortured in custody.
“With the international community, we are pressing (Mugabe) to reverse course and end human rights abuses and political violence,” said British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett.
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