A/HRC/33/63 suspend its activities in the province. On 17 June, another of the organization’s drivers was killed in similar circumstances in the prefecture of Kémo. 34. The security situation deteriorated again in late June during clashes between armed fighters and MINUSCA soldiers in the PK-5 enclave, which resulted in the death of 6 armed men and 15 civilian casualties. On 24 June, a Senegalese peacekeeper was killed by armed men in Bangui. In early July, clashes between the different ex-Séléka factions in Kaga Bandoro once again forced civilians to seek protection in camps for displaced persons protected by international forces. UNHCR has also registered more than 6,000 new refugees from the Central African Republic in Chad and Cameroon since mid-June. 35. The Independent Expert expressed concern about the situation during her previous mission to the country in June and reiterated it in her final press release. She underlined the urgent need to adopt robust measures to halt the fighting, to guarantee the protection of civilians and humanitarian actors and to assist victims and displaced persons. 1 In a press release of 4 July, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also warned against a possible further deterioration of the security and human rights situation in the country.2 This instability carries the risk of a rapid deterioration and underscores the urgent need to disarm armed groups, to restore State authority and the rule of law and to guarantee the security and protection of all civilians. III. Human rights situation 36. In 2015, MINUSCA reported 1,278 human rights violations which left 1,786 victims. The violations include killings, acts of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment, arbitrary arrest, gender-based violence and acts of racketeering and extortion. 37. Most of the violations are perpetrated by armed groups, which continue to intimidate, threaten and attack any individual or local community group that they accuse of collaborating or being affiliated with a rival armed group. The main armed groups are the anti-balaka, the ex-Séléka faction and the various factions of that movement. The Lord’s Resistance Army has also increased its activities and acts of abuse against the local communities since the beginning of the year. 38. The Independent Expert was informed of violations committed by the national security forces, including extrajudicial executions by the staff of the Central African Office for the Suppression of Banditry, among others. A. Acts of abuse attributed to armed groups 39. Although large-scale attacks against civilians have decreased during this period, the situation remains on a knife-edge and unpredictable. Civilians are still vulnerable in large swathes of the country, especially in the western region, which is controlled by the antibalaka faction (the prefectures of Nana Mambéré, Ouham-Pendé and Ouham) and in the eastern region, where the main ex-Séléka factions continue to exercise control over the 1 2 GE.16-12727 Press release of 21 June 2016. Available at the following address: www.ohchr.org/FR/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20151&LangID=F (consulted on 15 July 2016). Press release of 4 July 2016. Available at the following address: www.ohchr.org/FR/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20229&LangID=F (consulted on 15 July 2016). 7