I got this from Amnesty International:
https://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/site/c.6oJCLQPAJiJUG/b.6662481/k.2BA2/Donate_Now/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=W1401EDIAR1
Dear Tracy,
The streets of the capital city are eerily empty.
In the Central African Republic, the United Nations
reports that two-thirds of Bangui has picked up and moved. More than
100,000 people have relocated to a makeshift tent town that has
materialized by the airport, where a paltry number of peacekeepers are
stationed.
Teachers, doctors, housewives and civil servants are
seeking protection from the mass rapes and killings – many committed by
child soldiers armed with machetes – plaguing their city.
Amnesty experts are risking their lives on the ground
right now to document and demand an end to the atrocities. Please make a donation to support our efforts raising global attention to human rights crises like this.
More than a month after Amnesty documented war crimes
and crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic, there are
still fewer than 7,000 troops deployed to protect hundreds of thousands
of people from revenge attacks.
Last year, clashes between armed vigilante groups from
the Christian majority, known as Anti-Balaka, and armed groups connected
with the Muslim armed coalition that seized power in March 2013, known
as Séléka, plunged the nation into violence and chaos. With tensions
high in the wake of the interim President's resignation last week and
the transition to a new interim President, the safety and protection of
civilians must be priority number one.
Please
make a donation that will help us document the violence and insist that
more peacekeepers be deployed to protect lives immediately.
Amnesty will be making our work in the Central African
Republic a priority in the urgent weeks and months ahead and we'll
report back on our efforts.
Sincerely,
Steven W Hawkins
Executive Director
Amnesty International USA
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