UN Chief Condemns Gang Attack in Haiti's Artibonite
- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned a gang attack in Gros-Morne, Haiti's Artibonite Department that killed at least 11 people, underscoring the heavy toll violence inflicts on Haitians living under armed group control.
- Security Council Resolution 2829 extended the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force mandate for six months, with officials urging full deployment of remaining personnel to carry out its critical mission.
- More than 3,000 people were killed in Haiti between January and June according to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, while the humanitarian plan requires $880 million to assist 4.2 million people.
- The High Commissioner reported that more than 50% of casualties occurred during security operations, with hundreds struck "by stray bullets and explosive drones," while child recruitment into gangs has "nearly tripled."
- Officials say it is "hard to imagine the conditions to hold a credible election could be met this year," as gang members "continue to adapt and expand" by seizing territory and threatening stability.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also warned of more than 230 abductions and at least 1,000 cases of sexual violence against women and girls; the international force deployed to combat gangs has barely 1,500 of the planned 5,500 troops.
Gangs continue to expand in Haiti, where the United Nations recorded more than 230 abductions and more than 1,000 women and girls raped this year.
Haiti has been experiencing a political, economic and security crisis for a long time, but the situation has deteriorated considerably in recent years as a result of the violence of heavily armed groups that control large parts of the Caribbean country. "From 1 January to 11 September, my office counted at least 5,700 people killed or injured by gangs or in operations against them," said High Commissioner Volker Türk in Geneva. "The gangs also a…
Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, has long been experiencing a political, economic and security crisis, with gangs carrying out murders, kidnappings, rapes and the recruitment of children.
At least 5700 people have been killed or injured since the beginning of the year in Haiti, a country ravaged by gang violence, alerted the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday.
Haiti has long been in a political, economic and security crisis, but the situation has deteriorated considerably in recent years.
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