Almost no kidnappings were recorded in the last month and there were 43 gang-linked murders, down from 146 in the first three ...
Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that suspected Haitian gang members ...
Violence by groups and gangs connected to the state is not new in Haiti, but a number of factors have contributed to the gangs’ power at the present moment. Political leaders as far back as ...
According to a recent report by local human rights research group CARDH, the surge of a vigilante justice movement, "Bwa Kale ...
“The security crisis in the country is putting journalists at a constant risk of extreme violence ... and 277 kidnappings in gang-related incidents, mostly in Haiti’s gang-dominated capital.
The warning comes as Haiti’s embattled police force faces increasing attacks from warring gangs and as the violence in Port-au-Prince, according to the United Nations Secretary General António ...
Gang violence in Haiti is spreading at "an alarming rate," the UN warned Wednesday, repeating its unanswered call for an international force to help restore order in the crisis-torn country.
Vigilante killings are surging in Haiti's capital and surrounding areas ... Haitians say they are tired and angry over escalating gang violence, with the United Nations noting a 20% increase ...
More than 600 people were killed last month in violence in the capital of Haiti, which is in the grip ... of president Jovenel Moise, with gangs now controlling most of the capital, Port-au ...
This has been a difficult exercise,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said from Kingston, Jamaica. “It has been ...
(Photo by Richard Pierrin / AFP) More than 600 people died in gang violence last month in Haiti, where the authorities did not have the capacity to protect civilians, the United Nations said on ...
The vigilante movement, known as “Bwa Kale,” began after residents of the capital Port-au-Prince lynched and set fire to over ...