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There is a whole range of rights abuses, beginning with the most fundamental right,
of course, which is the right to life.
France has sent in troops to disarm the rebels. What can you tell us about this disarmament process?
The disarmament began on Monday (09.12.2013), and from what I understand they have been able to obtain quite a number of weapons, including Kalashnikovs, some rocket launchers, grenades, hunting rifles, quite a lot of machetes. The problem is that this is a very, very armed society. Clearly, the violence is going on. Clearly, people have the arms to continue the violence. And the question is: Are the French, with their relatively small number of troops for this very large country, going to be successful in disarming an armed and angry population?
What is happening to the people who have been disarmed?
That's another problem. Because hostilities are running so high, there have been a couple of cases that I know of in which people who were disarmed were then lynched. If the population finds one of those men unarmed, that person is likely to be lynched. Another problem is the hostility against the Seleka has now generalized to hostility against the Muslim community overall.
From what you've seen, what do you think needs to be done to stop these abuses?
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