Observers arrest irks UN

THE United Nations (UN) has expressed concern over the arrest of election observers from the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) and the Election Resource Centre (ERC).

Police on Wednesday arrested 39 local observers for allegedly conducting an illegal parallel vote tabulation exercise.

UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, said the arrests were worrying and undermined the right to freedom of association.

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