From <@kate.ibmpcug.co.uk:steve@zimnet.win-uk.net> Mon Aug 14 06:25:19 1995 Received: from gate.oxy.edu (root@gate.oxy.edu [134.69.1.2]) by abacus.oxy.edu (8.6.10/8.6.11) with ESMTP id GAA01165 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 06:25:18 -0700 Received: from ibmPCUG.CO.UK (Alice.ibmPCUG.CO.UK [192.68.174.71]) by gate.oxy.edu (8.6.11/8.6.11) with SMTP id GAA06649 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 06:25:06 -0700 Received: from kate.ibmpcug.co.uk by alice.ibmPCUG.CO.UK id ac09489; 14 Aug 95 14:24 BST Received: from zimnet by kate.ibmpcug.co.uk id aa00700; 14 Aug 95 14:24 BST Received: by win-uk.net!zimnet; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 15:13:53 X-Mailer: WinNET Mail, v2.20 Message-ID: <212@zimnet.win-uk.net> Reply-To: STEPHEN VAN BREDA To: ron@oxy.edu Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 15:13:53 Subject: ZIMBABWEAN GAYS SLAMMED AGAIN (fwd) From: STEPHEN VAN BREDA Content-Length: 1838 X-Lines: 62 Status: RO Hi, Would be most grateful if you could forward this message on for us. We are trying to get as much publicity as possible in the hopes that some pressure will be put on the Zimbabwean Government for their policy towards homosexuals and homosexuality. Thanks, your help is much appreciated. STEPHEN ******* FORWARDED MAIL ------- From: steve@zimnet.win-uk.net (STEPHEN VAN BREDA) Date: 14 Aug 95 Originally To: ilga@gn.apc.org Zimbabwe - 14th August 1995. The following report was carried on the front page of The Herald of the 12th August 1995. ==================================================================== GAYS SLAMMED AGAIN PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS ONCE AGAIN ATTACKED GAYS AND LESBIANS IN ZIMBABWE FOR THEIR HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT, SAYING PEOPLE SHOULD OBSERVE THEIR CULTURE AND TRADITIONAL VALUES. ADDRESSING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO CONVERGED THE NATIONAL HEROES' ACRE IN HARARE YESTERDAY CDE MUGABE CALLED ON CHURCHES AND OTHER CUSTODIANS OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO ENSURE THAT SOCIETY WAS NOT DISTRACTED FROM IT TRADITIONAL VALUES. HE REITERATED THAT ZIMBABWE WILL NEVER ALLOW SUCH A PRACTICE, ADDING THAT WHOEVER WAS FOUND TO BE INVOLVED IN HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT SHOULD BE ARRESTED. THIS WAS GREETED WITH APPLAUSE FROM THE CROWD. THE PRESIDENT SAID HUMAN BEINGS SHOULD REMAIN HUMAN BEINGS AND NOT TO BEHAVE LIKE DOGS. ABOUT 100 PEOPLE DEMONSTRATED OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE'S TRADE MISSION IN JOHANNESBURG YESTERDAY IN PROTEST AGAINST ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY CDE MUGABE'S GOVERNMENT. THE PROTEST, ORGANISED BY THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR GAY AND LESBIAN EQUALITY, WAS SPARKED BY CDE MUGABE'S RECENT REMARKS AT A BOOK FAIR IN HARARE THAT HOMOSEXUALS SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY RIGHTS. Herald Reporter-Ziana-Sapa. ==================================================================== . .