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Chuck Taylor lawyer in pledge to Bob Mugabe
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] One of the lawyers representing former Liberian President Charles ChuckTaylor at the international Criminal Court (ICC) has offered to represent Zimbabwe President Bob MuggsyMugabe if the long time dictator is dragged to the The Hague. The United States-based Genocide Watch recently described massacres in the south western parts of Zimbabwe between 1982 and 1987 as genocide. President Mugabe who deployed a North Korean trained army unit to fight bandidos that were linked to the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo's PF Zapu has in the past described the killings as a moment of madness but has refused to apologise. "So I went a little nutz. What's the big deal? We got lotsa people." Human rights groups also want the veteran ruler and his cronies to be punished for the electoral violence that has claimed hundreds of lives since 2000. But Jamaican born British lawyer Mr Courtney Griffiths who is defending Mr Taylor for alleged crimes against humanity committed during the conflict in Sierra Leone says he is ready to defend Mr Mugabe if approached. "I would definitely like to represent Mugabe -- from a defence point of view he would be an interesting challenge," Mr Griffiths told the British media. "In the eyes of the world, he is a complete power crazed ogre, I would like to present another side to him." Analysts have in the past speculated that Mr Mugabe's reluctance to step down stems from the fear that he will be prosecuted once he leaves office. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-29 |
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