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Archbishop makes Zimbabwe protest
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Edited | New Jerusalem Dec 09, 2007 05:01am |
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| Media | TV News - British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News |
| News Date | Sunday, December 9, 2007 10:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Archbishop of York has cut up his dog collar and said he will not replace it until Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is out of office.
Dr John Sentamu made the symbolic protest gesture live on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show.
He said Mr Mugabe had "taken people's identity" and "cut it to pieces", prompting him to do the same.
Dr Sentamu - who has been a consistent critic of Mr Mugabe's regime - said the international community, especially South Africa, had to act to help Zimbabwe because people were starving.
He said African states had to stop blaming someone else for their problems.
Speaking as he used a pair of scissors to cut up his collar, he said: "As an Anglican this is what I wear to identify myself, that I'm a clergyman.
"Do you know what Mugabe has done? He's taken people's identity and literally, if you don't mind, cut it to pieces. This is what he's actually done to a lot of - and in the end there's nothing.
"So, as far as I'm concerned, from now on I'm not going to wear a dog collar until Mugabe is gone." |
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