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  • UN 'letting torturer escape' (UN breaking own convention)

    10/03/2003 8:11:26 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 16 replies · 156+ views
    The Guardian ^ | October 03 2003 | Andrew Meldrum
    The United Nations broke its own anti-torture convention by allowing a Zimbabwean police officer accused of torture to leave its peace force in Kosovo and return to Zimbabwe where he will probably not face investigation. Henry Dowa, a Zimbawe chief inspector, was named by several victims as having directed their torture, which included prolonged beatings on the soles of their feet and electric shocks causing convulsions. The victims' allegations were backed by medical examinations. Human rights groups urged the UN to arrest Chief Insp Dowa and put him on trial for torture. The UN declined, citing a lack of funds,...