Media highlights: New reports of peacekeeper sexual abuse
On March 30, 2016, the Code Blue campaign revealed details about shocking new allegations of peacekeeper sexual abuse in the Central African Republic, committed from 2013 to present, involving UN and non-UN peacekeepers.
A selection of initial media highlights, including interviews with AIDS-Free World co-Director Paula Donovan, is below:
AFP
By Ben Simon
March 31, 2016
'Troubling' claims of sex abuse by French, UN troops
AFP
By Cécile Feuillatre
March 31, 2016
UN says peacekeeper states 'must tackle troop sex abuse claims'
AFP
March 31, 2016
UN's Ban 'shocked to the core' by peacekeeper sex abuse claims
Al Jazeera
April 1, 2016
'Sickening' sex abuse alleged in CAR by UN peacekeepers
AP
By Edith Lederer
March 30, 2016
US group says 98 girls in Central African Republic sexually abused
AP
By Edith Lederer
March 31, 2016
UN announces 108 new alleged sexual abuse victims in CAR; 3 say forced to have sex with dog
BBC
March 31, 2016
Central African Republic abuse: UN looks into 'bestiality' report
Belfast Telegraph
March 31, 2016
French troops accused of 'forcing girls into sex act with dog' in CAR as rape claims against UN peacekeepers mount
Chicago Tribune
By Corey Charlton
March 31, 2016
UN announces 108 new alleged sexual abuse victims in Central African Republic
Daily Mail
March 31, 2016
French soldier made four girls have sex with a DOG according to 'extremely troubling' new claims of child rape and sexual abuse carried out by peacekeepers in Africa
Deutsche Welle
March 31, 2016
New bestiality allegations against French troops in CAR
Deutsche Welle
April 1, 2016
'Culture of impunity' at UN over CAR abuse cases: rights organization (Interview with Paula Donovan)
El Pais
By Oscar Gutierrez
March 31, 2016
La ONU investiga a soldados franceses por una denuncia de abusos sexuales a niñas centroafricanas
Fox News
By George Russell
March 31, 2016
UN sex-abuse scandal: officials scramble amid claims of many more sordid incidents
France 24
April 1, 2016
"Living with shame imposed on them by community" - Paula Donovan on peacekeepers abuse allegations (Video)
The Independent
By Lizzie Dearden
March 31, 2016
French troops accused of 'forcing girls into bestiality' in CAR as rape claims mount against UN peacekeepers
International Business Times
By Sneha Shankar
March 31, 2016
UN Probes Allegations Of Sexual Abuse By Peacekeepers In Central African Republic; US Group Says 98 Girls Abused
International Business Times UK
By Elsa Buchanan
March 31, 2016
Central African Republic: French UN Peacekeepers forced girls to have sex with a dog
International Business Times UK
By Elsa Buchanan
March 31, 2016
CAR: Leaker of UN peacekeeping sex abuse claims answers questions about allegations (interview with Paula Donovan)
Newsweek
By Conor Gaffey
April 1, 2016
Central African Republic: A new low for peacekeeping?
The New York Times
By Rick Gladstone
March 31, 2016
U.N. Peacekeeping Hit by New Allegations of ‘Sickening’ Sex Abuse
The Punch
March 30, 2016
New Central Africa sex abuse claims ‘sickening’: UN
Reuters
By Louis Charbonneau
March 31, 2016
U.N. widens probe of fresh Central Africa sex abuse allegations
Reuters
By Louis Charbonneau
Latest U.N. Central Africa sex abuse allegations elicit disgust
RFI
By Christina Okello
March 31, 2016
UN, French forces mired in sex abuse cases in Central African Republic
Sputnik News
March 31, 2016
UN Acting on New Sexual Abuse by Peacekeepers in Central African Republic
VICE news
By Samuel Oakford
March 31, 2016
French Peacekeepers Allegedly Tied Up Girls and Forced Them Into Bestiality
Voice of America
March 30, 2016
New Allegations Emerge of Sex Abuse by Peacekeepers in CAR
(UN Photo / Marco Dormino)