UN peacekeepers failed to protect civilians in Juba: rights group
This handout image provided by the UNMISS (United Nation Mission in South Sudan) on July 11, 2016 shows some of the at least 3000 displaced women, men and children taking shelter at the UN compound in Tomping area in Juba.
UN peacekeepers cowered in their bases rather than risk doing their job of protecting civilians during an outbreak of fighting in South Sudan in July, a rights group said Wednesday.
Some peacekeepers in the capital Juba abandoned their posts inside "Protection of Civilian" sites — where tens of thousands have sought safety from successive bouts of fighting — while outside the fortified bases, peacekeeper presence was "non-existent."
