Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle `catastrophic' gang violence , UN expert says

As gang violence rages, UN expert says Haiti now needs 5,000 foreign police

New report says number of victims of gang violence has surged, calls for rapid deployment of UN-backed security mission.

More than 1,500 people have been killed in the escalation of violence between gangs in Haiti earlier this year, a report by the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva was quoted as saying Friday.

Sexual violence ‘largely unpunished’ in Haiti, UN says

The UN human rights office described sexual violence in Haiti as “severely underreported and largely unpunished” in a harrowing report released Thursday that documented cases of rape and forced sexual relations with gang members, as well surging levels of gang violence in the country.

Sexual violence in Haiti ‘severely underreported,’ ‘largely unpunished’ UN says

A report published Thursday on the situation in Haiti, which is facing intense gang violence, by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights found that sexual violence there is “severely underreported.” The report said that according to the U.N. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), gangs in the Caribbean country…

Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle `catastrophic’ gang violence , UN expert says

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Haiti now needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police to help tackle “catastrophic” gang violence which is targeting key individuals and hospitals, schools, banks and other critical institutions, the U.N. rights expert for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nation said Thursday. Last July, William O’Neill said Haiti needed between 1,000 and 2,000 international police trained to deal with gangs. Today, he said the situati…

Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle `catastrophic' gang violence , UN expert says

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Haiti now needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police to help tackle “catastrophic” gang violence which is targeting key individuals and hospitals, schools, banks and other critical institutions, the U,N, rights expert for the conflict-wracked nation says. Last July, William O’Neill said Haiti needed between 1,000 and 2,000 international police trained to deal with gangs. Today, h…