SA farmer and two SA opposition parties want Mugabe arrested for crimes against humanity

Adriana Stuijt's "journalism during apartheid "site ^ | 09-04-02 | staff

[backhoe]

 

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SA farmer and two SA opposition parties want Mugabe arrested for crimes against humanity  Cape Town - Sept 4, 2002 -- Richard Barry, a Robertson farmer with property in Zimbabwe -- wants Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe arrested and prosecuted in South Africa for crimes against humanity. LIST OF VICTIMS NAMES:   Barry and Democratic Alliance justice portfolio spokesman Dr Tertius Delport  invoked the Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act -- of which South Africa is a signatory-member and for which Zimbabwe signed up with a formal intent to join agreement --  came into operation on July 18. This Statute also was incorporated into South African law, giving local courts jurisdiction in cases of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.   A day earlier, in a protest march against the Mugabe regime by the Christian Democratic Party at the Earth Summit in Sandton, leader Rudi du Plooy rudi@cdp.org.za also handed a memorandum to representatives of Western countries and the Nigerian government-- calling on them to charge Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe with crimes against humanity through the International Criminal Court.   "Immunity clause not valid for crimes against humanity:" And Stellenbosch University lecturer in international criminal law, Gerhard Kemp, said the South African law expressly excluded using a defence of "immunity" for heads of state accused of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.   Kemp said South African courts would have jurisdiction even if the victims were not South Africans, as long as the alleged perpetrator was inside South Africa. Extradiction could also be requested by the SA government.   DA justice spokesperson Dr Tertius Delport said Barry's affidavit has been faxed to national director of public prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka. The original was lodged with the provincial directorate in Cape Town.   "The Act stipulates if any of those crimes are committed against any South African citizen anywhere in the world, that perpetrator is subject to the South African courts to be heard here and tried here in South Africa by our own courts," Delport said.  (more) " S.A. FARM ATTACKS ARE VILEST OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS " VENTERSDORP. August  2002 -- Boeta du Toit, security chairman of Agri-NW, testified to the Human Rights' Commission that the ongoing farm attacks against the country's commercial  food producersand their employees and families were "the most evil human rights violations of all."

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[pulaskibush]

two words

KILL HIM

[backhoe]

I suspect those displaced farmers would agree.

BTW, I just posted a more general digest from this email... just a sample of the odd stuff that comes in here.