EU Renews Arms Embargo, Targeted Assets Freeze on Zimbabwe
Following a review of its restrictive measures, the EU renewed its arms embargo against Zimbabwe and is maintaining its targeted assets freeze against one company, Zimbabwe Defence Industries. In a Feb. 19 news release, the European Council decried the humanitarian,…
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economic and social situation in the sub-Saharan nation. “Violations of human rights and limitations on the democratic space are also persisting,” the release said. “The EU is especially concerned about a proliferation of arrests and prosecutions of journalists, opposition actors and individuals expressing dissenting views, and the use by high-level officials of speech that could be interpreted as incitement to violence.”