Gays Barred From UN Sponsored Zimbabwe Human Rights Meeting

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/09/092206zimbabwe.htm

The Zimbabwean government has banned gays and lesbians from participating in a United Nations sponsored meeting between the government and human rights groups.

The 3-day meeting taking place in Kariba was organized following UN concerns about human rights abuses in the African nation. The meetings are expected to lay the groundwork for an independent Human Rights Commission in Zimbabwe.

NANGOs - the National Association of Non Governmental Organizations - an umbrella group which represents minority organizations in Zimbabwe and a key component of any human rights commission says it was told by the government of President Robert Mugabe that the Gay and Lesbian Association of Zimbabwe could not attend.

"We are concerned and we have raised a complaint that they must be allowed to enjoy their freedom of association as any other individuals ," said Fambai Ngirande, a spokesperson for NANGOs.

[jilln]

1. It sounds like a headline from The Onion.

So sad.

[sui generis]

3. that got a chuckle out of me

yeah. Also, no consubstantialists allowed. If we presume you to be a consubstantialist from the way you walk or talk or if we smell your "good" cheap goin' to meetin' aftershave on you, you vill be echeckted from ze meetink.

[Meeker Morgan]

2. A Human Rights Meeting in Zimbabwe?

:puke: