Centrafrica: 16 French Soldiers accused of sexual assault on minors, UN officials seemingly more con

[Phil5991]

[QUOTE]Amid an uproar over a leaked United Nations inquiry into allegations of child sexual abuse by French troops posted in the Central African Republic, France confirmed on Wednesday that it was looking into whether some of its soldiers had abused children in its former colony.

The statement said there were accusations that 10 children had been sexually abused at the M’poko airport, in the capital, Bangui, between December 2013 and last June. The airport at the time was a crowded, desperate camp of people who had fled clashes in other parts of the capital. The airport was guarded by French troops who were sent to Bangui late in 2013 to quell a spreading sectarian conflict.

The AIDS-Free World coalition, which leaked the inquiry to The Guardian, said the victims were all boys, and that some had given partial names of the accused soldiers. Up to 16 soldiers may have been involved.

A United Nations spokesman, Farhan Haq, said Wednesday that one of its employees had shared that report with the French authorities last July, even before senior officials in his own agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, had seen it and had a chance to address it.

The United Nations employee, Anders Kompass, was placed on administrative leave in mid-April, pending the inquiry.

According to United Nations policy, employees are considered whistleblowers only if they report wrongdoing “through appropriate internal channels” and give the organization “a reasonable time period” to respond before taking it to an outside organization.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/world/europe/french-army-investigates-an-allegation-of-sex-abuse-in-central-african-republic.html[/url]

[Bradyns]

What makes it even sadder is the fact that the families had fled from conflict to a location that they thought was safe.

[camper182 V2]

What the fuck, why