UN experts alarmed by Russian mercenaries’ ‘abuses’ in CAR
Al JazeeraUN experts express alarm over reports of Russian contractors’ involvement in mass summary executions, arbitrary detentions, torture, and forced disappearances. United Nations experts have expressed alarm over reports of “grave human rights abuses” by Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic, where they have supported the embattled government’s military. “The experts have received, and continue to receive, reports of grave human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, attributable to the private military personnel operating jointly with CAR’s armed forces and in some instances UN peacekeepers,” the UN experts said in a statement on Wednesday, naming Russian companies. The UN experts said they were “deeply disturbed by the interconnected roles of Sewa Security Services, Russian-owned Lobaye Invest SARLU, and the Russian-based Wagner Group.
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