Amnesty documents terror of road bandits
Sep 22nd, 2007 by Kersten Jauer, HDPT CAR
Amnesty International reports on the human rights abuses of “Zaraguinas”, road bandits operating in the north-west of CAR.
According to the report, they target mostly civilians, who already suffer from fighting between government and rebels troops in the area, and spread terror with kidnappings, rape and pillaging. The government is unable to protect the population. “Zaraguinas are often better equipped with automatic weapons and have better knowledge of the terrain than government forces”, mentions Amnesty’s Africa Programme Director.
