US EditionUN sounds alarm over 'new wave of extreme violence' in Haiti; 600 killed in April
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Over 600 killed in Haiti violence in April - UN
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 Tuesday. “Every report I get from Haiti underlines the scale of the suffering and rams home the message that Haitians need urgent support and they need it now,” said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk. Haiti’s pleas He repeated his call for the international community…
UN sounds alarm over 'new wave of extreme violence' in Haiti; 600 killed in April
As per the United Nations, last month, in Haiti, more than 600 people died in gang violence — around a 28 per cent spike from the number of deaths recorded last quarter. As per the UN, these deaths happened in areas where authorities lacked the capacity to protect civilians. Speaking to the press, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk said: "Every report I get from Haiti underlines the scale of the suffering and rams home the me
“The human rights emergency requires a strong response as a matter of urgency,” the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called for.
To break the “endless vicious cycle of violence in Haiti,” law enforcement forces should be deployed to the island to support the Haitian National Police, according to High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
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