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"Zimbabwe is a country whose powerful leaders have long held the people of their land in contempt, and they are making this abundantly clear
Of course, we may protest, arguing that helpless people cannot be treated like cattle, that they cannot be driven out of their homes with no rhyme or reason, and be left without any help. Forced evictions of the poor in Harare are but a tiny example of the rule of Robert Mugabe and his accomplices who are sitting on the mineral riches of their country like frogs on a spring, exploiting and enriching themselves with these resources while letting the people of their country die from hunger. I believe it may be naive to expect that we may achieve a change through persuasion and criticism. Our measures should be more vigorous; people like Mugabe only listen to financial consequences or brute force. I think we have some financial measures at our disposal. We need to reconsider the provision of financial and material aid to regimes that act like Mugabe’s regime, and simply seek other ways, including sanctions which might force these dictators to respect fundamental, and I stress, fundamental human rights."@en1
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