UN: Zimbabwe blocks visit of torture investigator

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Source: AP

UN: Zimbabwe blocks visit of torture investigator
By CARLEY PETESCH (AP) – 54 minutes ago

JOHANNESBURG — Zimbabwe's government has blocked a visit by the United Nations' torture investigator who was to examine alleged attacks on opposition activists by ruling party supporters, the world body said Wednesday.

The office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Manfred Nowak was initially invited to Zimbabwe for a week-long trip beginning Wednesday.

However, Zimbabwe's government canceled the visit while Nowak was in Johannesburg en route to Zimbabwe, citing talks over the country's fragile power-sharing agreement, the U.N. said.

Longtime opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai joined into a unity government with longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in February, but withdrew temporarily from the coalition earlier this month accusing Mugabe's party of human rights violations


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