“Francis,” a 16-year-old polio survivor, was forced to flee Bakala with his family when UPC (the Union for Peace in the Central African Republic) forces attacked in December 2016. “There was shooting everywhere,” he told Human Rights Watch.

“Francis,” a 16-year-old polio survivor, was forced to flee Bakala with his family when UPC (the Union for Peace in the Central African Republic) forces attacked in December 2016. “There was shooting everywhere,” he told Human Rights Watch. “My father just threw me into my wheelchair and he pushed me as fast as he could.”

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