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Zimbabwes rights abuses will escape censure by Britain
Britain plans to avoid a confrontation with Robert Mugabe today at the EU/Africa summit by staying silent during the main debate on human rights. Baroness Amos, the former Cabinet minister standing in for Gordon Brown, believes that any attack from her will lead to the kind of media circus that the Prime Minister wanted to avoid by boycotting the meeting in Lisbon over Mr Mugabes presence. The decision to leave it to other EU leaders to criticise President Mugabe is likely to create a storm of protest in Britain, not least from William Hague, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, who called on Lady Amos to lay his crimes bare before all those attending. Posted by: lotp 2007-12-08 |
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