CAR: Full deployment of UN peacekeepers urgently needed to protect civilian lives

Headline Title: CAR: Full deployment of UN peacekeepers needed to protect civilians 15 September 2014 The new United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) must be urgently brought up to full capacity to enable it to ensure the protection of a civilian population vulnerable to serious human rights violations, said Amnesty International today as the mission deploys.As the UN peacekeeping mission takes over authority from African Union (AU) peacekeepers, Amnesty International is concerned that the initial deployment - only around 65 percent of its full strength…

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