A first-class statement from Tutu

Without actually naming him, Desmond Tutu has criticized Thabo Mbeki for his stance on Zimbabwe. Tutu speaks forthrightly:

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the moral leader of the fight against apartheid, turned yesterday on the African leaders who still support President Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe.

Although he did not cite Thabo Mbeki by name, it was clear the South African president was the subject of Archbishop Tutu’s criticism.

The archbishop hit out at those who have called for the Mugabe regime to be readmitted to the Commonwealth in the face of continuing human rights violations and abuse of the rule of law.
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“I am sad that we South Africans declared that the last elections in Zimbabwe, though not free, were yet legitimate,” the statement said.

“That is distressing semantic games.

“Human rights are human rights and they are of universal validity or they are nothing.”