Robert Mugabe used the United Nations podium on Monday evening to attack homosexuality in front of the General Assembly.
Advertisement
We will give you an in-depth analysis of President Mugabe’s speech in which he denounced gays while extending an olive branch to the West. Ironically, gay activist Chesterfield Samba was receiving a courage award for fighting for the rights of gays and lesbians in Zimbabwe. “We reject attempts to prescribe new rights that are contrary to our values, norms, traditions and beliefs,” he said.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe says interference in the domestic affairs of independent nations has triggered the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean. Buzz Feed reports this statement earned Mugabe a few light applause and a few laughter from the diplomats.
In that regard, we reject the politicization of this important issue and the application of double standards to victimize those who dare think and act independently of the self-anointed prefects of our time. This feeling has since been fueled by Mugabe and other leaders in Africa who wish to create an external struggle with the West in order to consolidate their own political power and deflect criticisms for violations of human rights in other areas.
This is not the first time Mugabe has made such remarks.
He added that while he was in favour of human rights he would not allow gay marriage.
Advertisement
Mugabe argued against what he calls “new human rights”, Buzz Feed reported. He also stated that those of homosexual orientation were lower than “pigs, goats and birds”.
