lego 44,165 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 UN report says Christian militias engaged in ethnic cleansing of Muslims in ongoing Central African Republic civil war. VIDEO http://aje.io/g6zx Christian militias in Central African Republic have carried out ethnic cleansing of the Muslim population during the country's ongoing civil war, but there is no proof there was genocidal intent, a United Nations commission of inquiry has said. "Thousands of people died as a result of the conflict. Human rights violations and abuses were committed by all parties. The Seleka coalition and the anti-balaka are also responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity," the inquiry said on Thursday. "Although the commission cannot conclude that there was genocide, ethnic cleansing of the Muslim population by the anti-balaka constitutes a crime against humanity," the report said. The final report of the inquiry, which was submitted to the UN Security Council on December 19, said up to 6,000 people had been killed though it "considers that such estimates fail to capture the full magnitude of the killings that occurred". The mostly Christian or animist "anti-balaka" militia took up arms in 2013 in response to months of looting and killing by mostly Muslim Seleka rebels who had toppled President Francois Bozize and seized power in March the same year. The UN Security Council established the commission of inquiry in December 2013. Preventing violence In September 2014, the International Criminal Court opened an investigation into allegations of murder, rape and the recruiting of child soldiers in the Central African Republic. Some 5,600 African Union peacekeepers, deployed in December 2013, and about 2,000 French troops have struggled to stem the violence in the impoverished landlocked country of 4.6 million people. The United Nations took over the African Union peacekeeping mission in September and is mandated by the Security Council to double its size to nearly 12,000 troops and police. The UN commission of inquiry said the deployment of the African Union peacekeepers, French troops and then the UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA) had "been primarily responsible for the prevention of an even greater explosion of violence". FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo cupcakke 4,781 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 God. How terrible. I didn't even know there was a civil war in the CAR still. I hate that religion has to be one of the reasons behind such acts. This extremism taking over the world and I like to believe there are better, more tolerant people out there. I'm sometimes cynical about it though, especially now after all of these attacks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teo 609 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 That's sickening.... :eek: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Sings 1,705 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 So tragic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MahoganySnitch 67 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelbHawker 6,583 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 This is sickening. It's just totally horrifying. Humanity can be so ugly, and this is so disgusting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,002 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Well, with Boko Haram happening in that continent, I am sure it happened cos of that trigger. Ethnic cleansing aka genicide happening in Burma too right now, the Buddhists are killing every Rohingya Muslims ethnic there. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 680 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Is there a civil war in every country where Muslims border Christians in Africa? Seems there are several. Nigeria is one, Sudan was another before it split in two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatfoxyfeeling 13,401 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 ****ing religion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingSun 1,353 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 The day Religion is finally disappearing from the face of earth we know humans as a civilization have finally come of age. One second I'm a troll, then suddenly the troll is me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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