Australian Cricket in Zimbabwe
Open Letter to:
Malcom Speed (Chief Executive International Cricket Council)
cc: Brian Murgatroyd (Manager - Media and Communications)
Mr Speed
You have stated that "it is not the role of the ICC to make political judgments," and that its "role is to ensure that the game of cricket is played wherever possible".
Sir, this board has a greater moral responsibility to human rights than anything else. As humans, none of us can stand back and rub our hands of what is going on in Zimbabwe by claiming our duties lie elsewhere.
Pre-Apartheid South Africa was isolated from international cricket and other sports for 20 years. This situation is NO different, because the underlying moral purpose of those boycotts were not about black and white, but about the fight for human dignity and equality.
We all HAVE to stand together, in whatever way we can as individuals, to to try and end the suffering created by a monstrous baboon and his tyrannical regime.
Some may only be able to send letters or sign petitions. Others may be able to exert greater financial or political pressure.
Yours should now be to make a courageous stand to end any further international cricket games against Zimbabwe, once and for all, and this should remain in place until that murdering Robert Mugabe is no longer in office.
To ignore this, would be no different to what Ali Bacher did to satisfy himself and a minority, by circumventing what most people around the world wanted and expected.
Mr Speed, I can guarantee that upwards of seventy percent of Australians would be opposed to playing cricket against Zimbabwe. I don't think that I need to point out their reasons.
Boycotts will not change things in Zimbabwe overnight, but by hell you have to play your part too.
Malcom Speed (Chief Executive International Cricket Council)
cc: Brian Murgatroyd (Manager - Media and Communications)
Mr Speed
You have stated that "it is not the role of the ICC to make political judgments," and that its "role is to ensure that the game of cricket is played wherever possible".
Sir, this board has a greater moral responsibility to human rights than anything else. As humans, none of us can stand back and rub our hands of what is going on in Zimbabwe by claiming our duties lie elsewhere.
Pre-Apartheid South Africa was isolated from international cricket and other sports for 20 years. This situation is NO different, because the underlying moral purpose of those boycotts were not about black and white, but about the fight for human dignity and equality.
We all HAVE to stand together, in whatever way we can as individuals, to to try and end the suffering created by a monstrous baboon and his tyrannical regime.
Some may only be able to send letters or sign petitions. Others may be able to exert greater financial or political pressure.
Yours should now be to make a courageous stand to end any further international cricket games against Zimbabwe, once and for all, and this should remain in place until that murdering Robert Mugabe is no longer in office.
To ignore this, would be no different to what Ali Bacher did to satisfy himself and a minority, by circumventing what most people around the world wanted and expected.
Mr Speed, I can guarantee that upwards of seventy percent of Australians would be opposed to playing cricket against Zimbabwe. I don't think that I need to point out their reasons.
Boycotts will not change things in Zimbabwe overnight, but by hell you have to play your part too.
Labels: Human Rights
posted by Roobok @ 12:55 am
1 Comments:
It's not surprising that I was not shown the simple courtesy of getting a reply from Speed or Murgatroyd.
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