Subject: ZIMBABWEAN GAYS SLAMMED AGAIN (fwd)

From: STEPHEN VAN BREDA <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 15:13:53

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
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From: [email-masked] (STEPHEN VAN BREDA)
Date: 14 Aug 95
Originally To: [email-masked]

Zimbabwe - 14th August 1995.

The following report was carried on the front page of The Herald of
the 12th August 1995.

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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.

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