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Zimbabwe vote violence 'must end' Zimbabwe vote violence 'must end'
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for an end to violence by a "criminal cabal" in Zimbabwe ahead of Friday's presidential election.Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for an end to violence by a "criminal cabal" in Zimbabwe ahead of Friday's presidential election.
Mr Brown said opposition to Robert Mugabe's regime must be allowed to "express its dissent". He said opposition to Robert Mugabe's regime must be allowed to "express its dissent" in free and fair elections.
"The elections must be held freely and fairly, or Zimbabwe will be further isolated from the international community," he said. If that does not happen Zimbabwe would become "more isolated", he warned.
The opposition is due to hold a rally after a police ban was overturned. Meanwhile Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg called for South Africa to threaten to restrict or cut off electricity supplies to Zimbabwe.
He told the BBC's Politics Show he also wanted to see Britain blocking the transfer of remittance money to Zimbabwe from expatriates resident in the UK.
Mr Clegg, whose party is the third largest in the UK, also said that while there was a "moral case" to intervene militarily in Zimbabwe it was "inconceivable" that it would happen.
In Zimbabwe the opposition is due to hold a rally after a police ban was overturned.
The gathering, which comes ahead of a presidential run-off vote on 27 June, is set to go-ahead in Zimbabwe's capital Harare after the country's high court overturned the ban.The gathering, which comes ahead of a presidential run-off vote on 27 June, is set to go-ahead in Zimbabwe's capital Harare after the country's high court overturned the ban.
There will be sanctions from the international community unless the violence stops Gordon BrownThere will be sanctions from the international community unless the violence stops Gordon Brown
However, it is still possible the Movement for Democratic Change's candidate Morgan Tsvangirai will abandon the contest.However, it is still possible the Movement for Democratic Change's candidate Morgan Tsvangirai will abandon the contest.
The MDC plans to decide on Monday whether to compete in the poll, saying at least 70 of its supporters have been killed in the run-up to the vote.The MDC plans to decide on Monday whether to compete in the poll, saying at least 70 of its supporters have been killed in the run-up to the vote.
President Robert Mugabe has accused the MDC of lying about political violence.President Robert Mugabe has accused the MDC of lying about political violence.
'Growing anger'Growing anger
In a pooled interview, Mr Brown said an end to violence was "essential" and that international observers should be allowed into Zimbabwe.In a pooled interview, Mr Brown said an end to violence was "essential" and that international observers should be allowed into Zimbabwe.
"I can say very clearly that we know those people who are perpetrating the violence - this is a criminal cabal that is operating, and there will be sanctions from the international community unless the violence stops.""I can say very clearly that we know those people who are perpetrating the violence - this is a criminal cabal that is operating, and there will be sanctions from the international community unless the violence stops."
He continued: "The regime must allow the opposition to express its dissent, the elections must be held freely and fairly, or Zimbabwe will be further isolated from the international community.He continued: "The regime must allow the opposition to express its dissent, the elections must be held freely and fairly, or Zimbabwe will be further isolated from the international community.
"And I believe that the growing anger in Africa about the behaviour of the Mugabe regime is the best signal we have that things will change."And I believe that the growing anger in Africa about the behaviour of the Mugabe regime is the best signal we have that things will change.
"They've got to change, but they will change as a result of African opinion.""They've got to change, but they will change as a result of African opinion."