{"id":377796,"date":"2017-11-26T13:18:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T13:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=377796"},"modified":"2017-11-26T13:18:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T13:18:17","slug":"archbishop-of-york-ends-decade-of-protest-over-mugabe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/archbishop-of-york-ends-decade-of-protest-over-mugabe\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop of York ends decade of protest over Mugabe"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Archbishop of York has put on a dog collar for the first time in almost 10 years, ending his symbolic protest over Robert Mugabe’s leadership of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
In December 2007,\u00a0Dr John Sentamu cut up his dog collar\u00a0live on BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show, promising not to wear one until Mr Mugabe left office.<\/p>\n
He said Zimbabwe’s leader had “taken people’s identity” and “cut it to pieces”, prompting him to do the same.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, he returned to the Marr Show and reinstated his collar as promised.<\/p>\n
Mr Mugabe\u00a0left office dramatically\u00a0on Tuesday after 37 years of authoritarian rule.<\/p>\n
Dr Sentamu said: “Normally I [would] tie the top button and put on my collar, but for nearly 10 years I haven’t be able to. It has meant every morning I think of the people of Zimbabwe.”<\/p>\n