Central African Republic: Horrific Abuses by New Rulers

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Resident of Ndanika holding a photo of his father who died in the bush after fleeing the Seleka on April 14, 2013. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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Gbadene village, where over 100 homes were destroyed by the Seleka and Mbarara from April 10 to April 13, 2013. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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Destroyed homes in Ndanika, attacked by the Seleka April 14 and April 15, 2013. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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Church in Gbi-Gbi destroyed by the Seleka on June 2, 2013. The Seleka destroyed Gbi-Gbi after residents killed a member of their group in the neighboring village of Yangoumara. Jean-Michel Bangui, the executive secretary for the Seleka in the area, first admitted to Human Rights Watch that the Seleka had destroyed the village in anger but then said that the village of 34 homes, plus the church, had been burned unintentionally by stray bullets. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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Church destroyed by the Seleka in Yangoumara on June 2, 2013. The Seleka destroyed Yangoumara after residents killed a member of their group. Jean-Michel Bangui, the executive secretary for the Seleka in the area, first admitted to Human Rights Watch that the Seleka had destroyed the village in anger but then said that the village of 115 homes, plus the church, had been burned unintentionally by stray bullets. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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Mayor’s office in Kaga Bandoro after it was destroyed by the Seleka. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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School materials destroyed in Bogoro by the Mbarara on April 11, 2013. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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Injuries from a survivor of the executions at the Mpoko River on April 15, 2013. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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Seleka fighter using a maternity room as an office at the hospital in Ouandago. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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Seleka fighters seen from hole in a cell at the Bossembélé military training center where detainees could witness beatings outside the cell. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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Seleka fighters standing outside former President François Bozizé’s villa at the Bossembélé military training center.The concrete hole in the foreground is one of two reported to be cells where individuals were forced to stand. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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Colonel Saleh Zabadi. Human Rights Watch researchers questioned Zabadi on villages attacked and burned in his area to which he responded: “There were no villages burned here. Our territory is calm.” Human Rights Watch researchers counted 53 houses burned in Boubou and 46 in Zere, both villages under his zone of command. © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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The self-proclaimed mayor of Batangafo, Adoum Takaji. Witnesses say Takaji helped coordinate Seleka attacks on the road from Batangafo to Bouca between April 10 and 14, 2013 and was present during killings of civilians in Ouin on May 1, 2013. Takaji denies participating in these attacks and insists that the Seleka are in the area to provide protection, saying he wants people to “come back to the village and re-start their lives.” © 2013 Human Rights Watch 412782
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“Bebe Darine,”, killed with her mother, Sandrine Poumengakola, by the Seleka in Boy-Rabe on April 15, 2013. © 2013 Private 412782
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Sandrine Poumengakola killed by the Seleka in Boy-Rabe on April 15, 2013. © 2013 Private 412782
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The identify card of Jacques Ouilebon, killed by the Seleka in Bougone on May 19, 2013. © 2013 Private 412782
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The identity card of Tiburce-Jefferson Yankoisse, killed by the Seleka in Boy-Rabe on April 14, 2013. © 2013 Private 412782
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Ludociv Hehine, killed by the Seleka in Damala on March 27, 2013. © 2013 Private 412782
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Rodrigue Gbenerio, killed by the Seleka in Damala on March 27, 2013. © 2013 Private 412782
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Raphael Bingilego, killed by the Seleka in Damala on March 27, 2013. © 2013 Private 412782
The Seleka, a coalition of rebel groups that took power in the Central African Republic in March, has killed scores of unarmed civilians.
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