Central African Republic: UN peacekeeping force in Central African Republic must deploy immediately

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY AI Index; AFR 19/004/2013 19 November 2013 UN peacekeeping force in Central African Republic must deploy immediately The UN has backed the establishment of a UN peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic amid escalating violence, but Amnesty International says there is no time to wait and this must happen now. [...] The security forces don’t seem to have the will or the capacity to maintain law and order in the country. [...] The organisation also recently released satellite images revealing the shocking aftermath of recent human rights abuses, including evidence of 485 homes being torched in Bouca as well as internally displaced persons (IDPs) massing near the town of Bossangoa after fleeing ongoing violence. [...] Jean-Eric Nkurikiye, Amnesty International’s expert on CAR, is available for media interviews. [...] Please call Louise Orton, Amnesty International’s Africa Press Officer to arrange an interview on: + 44 (0) 207 413 5729 or + 44 (0) 7961 421583 (mobile) or email louise.orton@amnesty.org