Brown's stance on Mugabe

We are delighted by the firm stance of the British government and its commitment to support the Zimbabwean people. ACTSA has been lobbying the British government on Mugabe's invite to the Lisbon summit for a number of months now and is pleased that the British government is taking such a strong stance against the potential invitation to Robert Mugabe.

We have been working hard to inform and lobby the UK and EU governments on the human rights violations being lead by the Zimbabwean government and we hope other EU members follow Brown’s lead. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is currently holding a two day stay-away for workers in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe are being intimidated by riot police to try and prevent the success of the ZCTU stay-away. We must all show our support for the ZCTU and also our disgust for these intimidation tactics.

The ZCTU have made a frim and clear statement that they do not wish Mugabe or his cronies to attend the summit in, rather he should be attending to the needs of his people and not jet setting to the EU where he is banned.