Rabu 12 Feb 2014 16:45 WIB

UN Agency warns of worsening security in CAR

Red: Julkifli Marbun
A child runs by a burning house as Anti-Balaka Christan youth loot the Muslim market in the PK13 district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014.
Foto: AP/Jerome Delay
A child runs by a burning house as Anti-Balaka Christan youth loot the Muslim market in the PK13 district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NEW YORK -- The UN human rights office has warned of worsening security in the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR) and is working to restart the country's judicial system, a UN spokesperson said Tuesday.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) noted that targeted assassinations, increased violence and criminality on the streets are reported in Bangui and "is particularly worried about the climate of complete impunity in the country," said Martin Nesirky at a regular briefing at the UN headquarters in New York.

According to the office, a member of the National Transitional Council of the CAR was assassinated on Sunday in front of his residence in broad daylight.

Houses of Seleka ministers, including that of the former Minister of Justice, were looted. UN human rights staff in the CAR also conducted a mission to Boda, a town west of Bangui, where 92 people were reportedly killed in the past two weeks in attacks on religious grounds.