International group of scholars accuse Mugabe of genocide

14 January, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa
By Alex Bell
13 January 2009

An international group of scholars on genocide have for the first time used the word genocide in conjunction with the actions of Robert Mugabe.

In a statement posted on its website, the International Association of
Genocide Scholars called for the UN Security Council to refer Mugabe to
the International Criminal Court for prosecution. The scholars say Mugabe is now ‘committing genocide by attrition’ which they say falls under the provision of the UN Genocide Convention, outlawing acts that “deliberately inflict on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction, in whole or in part.” The group wrote this week that Mugabe’s
“apparent intention is to destroy his political and ethnic enemies in Zimbabwe.”

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