Asked police to arrest President Mugabe Peter Tatchell has been released on police bail after being held for trying to make a citizen's arrest of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The two other protesters involved in the incident outside the Crowne Plaza hotel in Buckingham Gate are expected to be released later.
Torture is a crime under international law'.
Then the police arrived, I asked them to arrest President Mugabe, using the powers in the Criminal Justice Act and United Nations Convention Against Torture, but they ignored our requests. He said he called on the Attorney General, Lord Williams of Mostyn, to authorise President Mugabe's arrest. It is not a matter for the attorney general. He is now returning to Zimbabwe. The protesters had carried placards bearing slogans including Mugabe Stop Abusing Queers.