Amnesty International details gruesome impact of gang violence on children in Haiti
Amnesty International has released a report that details the impact gang violence has had on children across Haiti and called ...
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Dozens of Haiti children caught up in the crossfire of gang violence
Haiti’s children are increasingly caught in the crossfire of gang violence, forced to carry weapons, spy on police and rival ...
Children in Haiti subjected to brutal gang violence, report says
At least 5,600 people were killed in Haiti in 2024, an increase of more than 1,000 from the previous year. Another 2,212 ...
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Haiti gang-rape horror as girl, 16, is drugged, beaten and 'raped relentlessly for a month in a warehouse' amid 1,000% increase in sexual violence against children on crime ...
Haiti has no president or parliament and is ruled by a transitional body, which is struggling to manage extreme violence linked to criminal gangs, poverty and other challenges. More than 5,600 ...
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Haiti leader says elections can be held this year even as gangs continue their rampage
The head of Haiti’s embattled presidential council says he believes that both a reform of the country’s constitution and general elections to put a legitimate government back in charge can ...
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Gangs attack a neighborhood in Haiti that's home to the country's elite
People line up to receive food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Credit: AP/Odelyn Joseph Jean ...
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Soldiers from El Salvador join U.N.-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence
More than 5,600 people were reported killed last year across Haiti and more than 2,200 others were injured. Gang violence has left more than one million people homeless in recent years ...
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Gangs attack a neighborhood in Haiti that's home to the country's elite
Overall, gang violence has left more than 1 million people homeless across Haiti in recent years. On Friday, one police union said the attack on Kenscoff “could have been avoided if police had ...
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New contingent of Kenyan police joins UN-backed mission to fight gangs in Haiti
said as he greeted the new officers at Haiti’s main international airport, which remains closed to commercial flights because of ongoing gang violence. The latest deployment of Kenyan police ...
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Sexual violence against children in Haiti rises by 1,000%, UN says
Gang rule in Haiti has led to a staggering rise in sexual violence against children, the United Nations' children's organisation has warned. The Caribbean island has been in the grip of violent ...
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Sexual violence against children in Haiti rises by 1,000%, UN says
Gang rule in Haiti has led to a staggering rise in sexual violence against children, the United Nations' children's organisation has warned. The Caribbean island has been in the grip of violent gangs ...
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As gangs prepare to attack Haiti’s capital, U.S. freezes critical aid for security mission
In Haiti, in particular ... The U.N. said Tuesday that at least 5,626 people died in 2024 as a result of gang violence, self-defense groups and police operations. At least 1,732 of those deaths ...