UN's (torture investigator) Zimbabwe trip 'provocative'

[pampango]

Source: BBC

The failed attempt by the UN's torture investigator Manfred Nowak to visit Zimbabwe was "calculated" to provoke, a Zanu-PF (Mugabe's party) minister has said.

He insisted he had an invite from the prime minister and blamed his treatment on divisions in the unity government. ... "The invitation by the prime minister was a nullity," AP quotes Mr Mumbengegwi as saying. "This was a calculated move to create a diplomatic incident."

Mr Nowak was to meet officials and rights activists, and inspect prisons and police stations during a week-long visit. He was tasked with compiling a report for the UN Security Council following reports of MDC (Tsvangirai's party) harassment.

Earlier this week, Zanu-PF described comments about allegations of violent attacks on MDC members as "cheap propaganda".

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8334044.stm

[Piewhacket]

1. So howcome everyone believes Nowak, and no one believes the Zimbabwe government (Zanu-PF)?

because Nowak is a man of integrity who cannot speak falsely
and the Zanu-PF party couldn't survive one minute if it ever
spoke truthfully.

[gratuitous]

2. Criminals almost always resent scrutiny

The only exception I can think of recently is Charles Keating, who apparently didn't think government investigators were smart enough to figure out his savings and loan scams.