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Jul 02, 2007
Quickie Link: Arrest Mugabe, Tatchell Urges Portugal
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By vanrozenheim
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(Portugal) - Portugal has said it is prepared to invite President Robert Mugabe to a summit of European and African leaders in Lisbon this year despite a travel ban and sanctions against the 83-year-old dictator and figures in his regime. The gay and human rights activist Peter Tatchell, who famously tried but failed to arrest the Zimbabwean leader in Belgium, said the least Portugal could do would be to arrest him for human rights violations. Tatchell said: “While Zimbabwe burns, and millions starve, Mugabe will be wined and dined by the Portuguese president, Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, and received by other African and European heads of state. What is the point in having an EU travel ban if it is not enforced? Nearly every time Mugabe wants to come to Europe, the EU caves in and agrees to waive its ban."
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