Amnesty International calls on the new Central African Republic government to protect civilians

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI Index: AFR 19/002/2013 14 May 2013 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS ON THE NEW CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT CIVILIANS Amnesty International is calling on the new government in the Central African Republic (CAR) to end the scourge of human rights violations and the humanitarian crises currently affecting the country. [...] The African Union together with the United Nations and foreign governments must use their influence to ensure that the administration in Bangui takes immediate measures to protect civilians from human rights abuses and bring an end to impunity. [...] Civilians bare the brunt of the human rights violations. [...] Tens of thousands of civilians have been internally displaced and others have fled to neighbouring countries as a result of the violence. [...] According to reports, Seleka soldiers have been summarily executing and torturing members of the former government’s security forces, sometimes under the pretext of carrying out disarmament.