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Zimbabwe's Mugabe: Lift sanctions, UN's Navi Pillay urges
Source: BBC
25 May 2012 Last updated at 12:55 GMT
Zimbabwe's Mugabe: Lift sanctions, UN's Navi Pillay urges
Western nations should lift sanctions on Zimbabwe and its President Robert Mugabe, says the UN high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay.
Speaking on her first visit to the country Ms Pillay argued that the sanctions are hurting the poor.
She also urged Zimbabwe to pass reforms to avoid violence in the next election which is expected within a year.
The European Union has already lifted some sanctions but restrictions on Mr Mugabe and his close aides remain.
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe: Lift sanctions, UN's Navi Pillay urges
Western nations should lift sanctions on Zimbabwe and its President Robert Mugabe, says the UN high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay.
Speaking on her first visit to the country Ms Pillay argued that the sanctions are hurting the poor.
She also urged Zimbabwe to pass reforms to avoid violence in the next election which is expected within a year.
The European Union has already lifted some sanctions but restrictions on Mr Mugabe and his close aides remain.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18204295
