Wagner has been a human rights disaster in Central African Republic for several years now. There have been a number of UN reports about this. Hopefully it will get more attention now.
Worth noting that:
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Wagner was invited there by the President and supports CAR's current government who wanted them to prop up his regime
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Russia wanted them there to protect the interests of Russian mining companies eg Lobaye Invest
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Lavrov has just come out and publically assured CAR and Mali that the coup attempt doesn't change anything for them and they can still keep Wagner troops
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Biden administration is signalling fresh sanctions against Wagner in CAR