In Central African Republic, ‘impunity on staggering scale’
JOHANNESBURG — The lack of justice in Central African Republic is so acute that some victims are forced to live daily lives alongside their aggressors, Amnesty International said Wednesday, and it urged the international community to help counter “impunity on a staggering scale” for war and other crimes.
The London-based group’s new report says years of deadly violence between Christians and Muslims have devastated an already deeply impoverished country.
Hundreds have escaped in large-scale prison breaks, and many accused of the worst crimes have never been arrested. Just eight of 35 prisons function. Few courts operate outside the capital, Bangui.
Thousands of victims of rape and other war crimes “are still waiting for justice to be served,” said the group’s Central Africa researcher, Ilaria Allegrozzi.