Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Amnesty International: 'Ethnic Cleansing' Of Muslims Is Occuring In The Central African Republic



Central African Republic: 'Ethnic cleansing' Of Muslims -- BBC

International peacekeepers have failed to prevent the ethnic cleansing of Muslims in the Central African Republic, a human rights group says.

Militia attacks have led to a "Muslim exodus of historic proportions", according to a report by Amnesty International.

Aid groups have warned of a food crisis, as many of the shops and wholesalers were run by Muslims.

The UN's World Food Programme has started a month-long aid airlift.

The roads are too dangerous to transport food without a military escort, WFP spokesman Alexis Masciarelli told the BBC.

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More News On The Crisis In Central African Republic

Amnesty: Muslim exodus in CAR ‘ethnic cleansing’ -- Washington Post/AP
Rights groups warn of ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Central African Republic -- CNN
Central African Republic Sees Rise in Attacks on Muslims -- Wall Street Journal
Violence against Muslims soars in Central African Republic -- Washington Post
Central African Republic: Peacekeepers Failed to Prevent Ethnic Cleansing - Amnesty -- Voice of America
Central African Republic Muslims Being Forced Into Exodus -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Amnesty: Muslims face 'ethnic cleansing' in Central African Republic -- Al Jazeera
Calls to prevent "ethnic cleansing" in Central African Republic -- Deutsche Welle
Christian, Muslim fighting in Central African Republic worsens, as Christian man lynched by mob -- FOX News
U.N.'s Ban to France: Mull more troops for Central African Republic -- Reuters
UN chief warns of partition in C. African Republic -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
Social Media Dispatches: Death and Destruction in Central African Republic -- The Lede/New York Times
Central African president vows war against militia -- AFP
This photo shows how bad things are getting in the Central African Republic -- Washington Post

WNU Editor: The Amnesty International report is here.

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