Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 14:30:07 +0200 (MSZ)
From: Bj|rn Skolander <Bjorn.Skolander@nordiska.uu.se>

                   PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE DISMISSES CRITICISM
    President Robert Mugabe yesterday dismissed gay-rights activists who have
criticized his anti-homosexual comments and been warned they will be
imprisoned if they come to Zimbabwe.
    Mugabe said he had received reports of demonstrations outside Zimbabwean
diplomatic missions in Britain and South Africa by activists protesting his
outspoken anti-gay sentiments.
    "They can demonstrate," he said. "But if they come here, we will throw
them in jail."
    The Zimbabwean leader, meeting with a Christian women's group, called for
an international campaign "to oppose those who support homosexuality."