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Zimbabwe Deports UN Torture Investigator

HeadlineOct 29, 2009

Zimbabwe has blocked a mission by a top United Nations human rights official. Manfred Nowak, the UN special rapporteur on torture, had been invited by Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the chief rival to President Robert Mugabe. But Nowak was detained after landing in Harare Wednesday and deported earlier today.

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