14/07/2014 – Ending impunity for war crimes, crimes against humanity and other serious human rights violations and abuses constitutes one of the main challenges facing the Transitional Authorities of the Central African Republic (CAR) as well as members of the international community as a...

14/04/2014 – Ahead of the 14-15 April Foreign Affairs Council (FAC), Amnesty International calls on the European Union (EU) and its member states to act urgently to bring stability to the Central African Republic (CAR). The newly launched EUFOR RCA military operation must be robust and...

© Amnesty International This withdrawal must not give a free ride to impunity for those Chadian peacekeepers allegedly responsible for human rights violations in the Central African Republic that killed dozens of civilians as recently as last weekend AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY...

The EU has delayed deployment of troops for a “bridging mission” to protect civilians, including those in a makeshift camp at Bangui airport.© PACOME PABAMDJI/AFP/Getty Images The Central African Republic is gripped by a human rights and humanitarian crisis of historic proportions....

02/04/2014 – Ahead of the 4th European Union (EU)-Africa Summit on April 2-3, 2014 in Brussels, African and European civil society call on you to ensure that human rights are put at the centre of discussions aimed at “Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace”.

01/04/2014 – At today’s European Union (EU)-Africa Summit in Brussels, Belgium, Amnesty International calls on African and EU decision-makers to ensure that human rights underpin all discussions and decisions on all the issues on the agenda aimed at “Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace.”

27/03/2014 – 2013 was marked by some challenging setbacks on the journey to abolition of the death penalty. Four countries – Indonesia, Kuwait, Nigeria and Viet Nam – resumed executions and there was a significant rise in the number of people executed during the year compared with 2012,...

A group of artisanal miners sift through ores found in a stream close to Congo International Mining Corporation (CIMCO)’s plant in Luisha. © Amnesty International It’s absolutely critical that the EU enforces existing international standards. Anything short of a mandatory reporting obligation...

Burning/looting of Muslim property and a mosque in PK 26 area, north of the capital Bangui in late January.© Amnesty International The urgency of the situation demands an immediate response. It is time for the peacekeeping operation in CAR to protect the civilian population, deploy to threatened...

12/02/2014 – “Ethnic cleansing” of Muslims has been carried out in the western part of the Central African Republic, the most populous part of the country, since early January 2014. 1 Entire Muslim communities have been forced to flee, and hundreds of Muslim civilians who have not managed to...

© Amnesty International There is a real danger of further escalation of what is already a human disaster. The peacekeeping forces have had an effect where they are deployed, but there are large swathes of the North West where there is a notable absence. Here towns have been attacked and there is a...

Displaced Muslims preparing to flee the country © Amnesty International There is a huge risk of a major human tragedy because of the complete absence of any peacekeeping force.  The situation in this part of the Central African Republic is very volatile and the international peacekeeping...