ZIMBABWE: Human Rights Watch criticises lack of action on Zimbabwe

Human Rights Watch has criticised the lack of action by the UN Commission on Human Rights regarding alleged abuses in Zimbabwe. The rights group issued a statement at the end of the commission's meeting in Geneva last week. The Zimbabwe Media Monitoring Project reported that the official The Herald newspaper "celebrated Zimbabwe's escape from criticism" at the meeting which ended on Friday 25 April, while reports in the private press "indicated that human rights abuses in the country were as bad as ever".