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04/29/2005:

"Zimbabwe's Role in U.N. Rights Panel Angers U.S."

UNITED NATIONS, April 27 - Zimbabwe was re-elected Wednesday to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, a panel that Secretary General Kofi Annan has proposed abolishing because of its practice of naming known rights violators to its membership.

Zimbabwe's selection as one of the 15 countries winning three-year terms drew protests from Australia, Canada and the United States, with William J. Brencick, the American representative, saying the United States was "perplexed and dismayed by the decision."

In a speech to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, Mr. Brencick said Zimbabwe had repressed political assembly and the news media, harassed civil society groups, conducted fraudulent elections and intimidated government opponents.
Full:nytimes.com

Sounds like they would fit right in, doesn't it?

Blair is More of a Devil Than Mugabe
Full: allafrica.com