NZ gay MP Chris Carter to talk to Mugabe - 29-Oct-1995
It was reported in the NZ Herald that gay MP, Chris Carter will confront the President of Zimbabwe, Mr Mugabe, at the Commonwealth leaders meeting over his anti gay comments.
Thirty-seven NZ MPs have signed a letter to Mr Mugabe asking him to show more tolerance.
An extract from the letter reads "Your nation has a proud record in the struggle for human rights. You freed yourself from the racist regime of Ian Smith and were a frontline state in the campaign to end apartheid. We are sure that, as a black African who grew to adulthood in a white-dominated Rhodesia, you understand that discrimination is usually based on ignorance."
Ref:
- NZ Herald
- Chris Carter
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