The authorities issued a lengthy statement on April 13, 2023 in response to a report by the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) on civil liberties in the country. A "shameless" report, "filled with untruths", "fabricated" and which aims to "tarnish the Central African Republic", castigates the government.
President Touadera's party denounces the report as a "neocolonial propaganda tool" in a "deliberately hostile" campaign against the CAR.