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Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe given Chinese peace prize
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CHINA HAS has bestowed its version of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Confucius Peace Prize, on Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, who has been labelled a violent dictator.
The chairman of the award committee defended the decision to honour Mugabe, saying he was chosen for “injecting fresh energy” into the global quest for harmony, The Guardian reported.
Mugabe has been the president of Zimbabwe since 1987 and his rule has been marked by accusations of human rights violations.
While Mugabe beat out Bill Gates and South Korean president Park Geun-hye for the award, which comes with a gold statue of the ancient philosopher and a cash prize of about $80,000, he is not the only mass murderer to have
received the award.
New papers released this year showed conclusively for the first time that Mugabe as Prime Minister personally orchestrated the mass killings of Ndebele people in Matabeleland, who had formed the main political opposition to Mugabe
in the early years of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe given Chinese peace prize
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