News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
United Nations torture expert Manfred Nowak said on Thursday he would recommend that the U.N. South Africa that his mission had failed. "I think that it is the end of the mission. I think I have not been treated by any government in such a rude...
News Source: USA Today
| about 1 month ago
Zimbabwean immigration officials barred the United Nation's torture investigator from entering their country and returned him to South Africa Thursday, an act he termed a "serious diplomatic incident" that reflects a split in the coalition government.
News Source: Seattle Times
| about 1 month ago
The United Nations torture investigator says he was barred from Zimbabwe and sent back to South Africa after a night in the Harare airport. An angry Manfred Nowak, speaking to reporters in Johannesburg Thursday upon arrival from Zimbabwe, said he...
News Source: CNN
| about 1 month ago
A U.N. special investigator on torture said he was denied entry into Zimbabwe on Wednesday for an eight-day trip to look into alleged attacks against opposition party members. Manfred Nowak learned that his mission had been canceled after he arrived...
News Source: South Africa News
| about 1 month ago
Manfred Nowak, UN special rapporteur on torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment told AFP by telephone from inside Harare airport that he had been stopped despite being invited by Tsvangirai. "The immigration officials told us you are not...
News Source: Press TV
| about 1 month ago
It's a little bizarre because I do have a written invitation from the Prime Minister who wants to see me tomorrow at 10:00 am," Nowak told AFP on Wednesday. Immigration officials refused to allow Nowak through, saying he had no security clearance.