Immunity and amnesty only encourage human rights abusers

They spoke well and explained several issues that were of concern to the thirty-something group of invited Zimbabweans.

I could not help but feel that were the MDC to give people such information in regular briefings, it would go a long way in calming nerves and consolidating support for the talks among the jittery populace, a point I made to them but, of course, was reminded that certain trade-offs are necessary in delicate negotiations, such as these.