# Witnesses reported killings and torture by Russia-linked forces in CAR

Date: 2019

Human Rights Watch documented cases in which witnesses identified Russian-speaking or Russia-linked forces as participating in killings, detention, torture and beatings in the Central African Republic from 2019 onward.

## Drivers

- Private Military Formation Activity: https://factrail.ai/drivers/private-military-formation-activity

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/central-african-republic
- https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/03/central-african-republic-abuses-russia-linked-forces

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/russia-linked-forces-car-abuses-2019