UN human rights chief visits Zimbabwe

2012-05-20 19:17

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ZImbabwe PM says polls can be delayed

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has backed calls by regional grouping the SADC for his archrival President Robert Mugabe to delay crucial polls due by the end of July.

Harare - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has arrived in Zimbabwe on the first mission to the troubled southern African nation by the world human rights chief.

Officials said on Sunday that Navi Pillay's week-long trip is at the invitation of a three-year coalition government formed in 2009 after disputed, violent elections plagued by rights abuses blamed mainly on militants of President Robert Mugabe's party and loyalist police and troops.

Patrick Chinamasa, Mugabe's justice minister, told state media on Sunday that the South African-born Pillay will meet with Mugabe, political leaders and rights groups. He said "we have nothing to hide".

The chief UN torture investigator was barred entry at the Harare airport in 2009 after claims the visit was not officially cleared.

- SAPA

Read more on: unhcr | robert mugabe | navi pillay | zimbabwe | southern africa

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