Amnesty International details gruesome impact of gang violence on children in Haiti
One of 51 children interviewed by researchers said a gang killed people in front of him and asked him to burn their bodies.
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Haitian Children Forced Into Gangs and Sexual Violence Amid Crisis, Amnesty International Finds in New Report
The organization found that 30% to 50% of gang members are now children, with many coerced into joining due to hunger or fear ...
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Women This Week: New Report Outlines Staggering Impact of Gangs on Children in Haiti
This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers ...
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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 been mired for decades by political instability, made worse in recent years by criminal gangs that have grown more powerful. Gangs now control 85 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince ...
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As gangs prepare to attack Haiti’s capital, U.S. freezes critical aid for security mission
As hundreds of armed gang members, entrenched in the hills above Haiti’s capital, await orders to attack the last enclaves not currently under their control, the multinational fight to end their ...
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The impact of gang violence on kids in Haiti
Warning: Some details of this report may be disturbing. A new Amnesty International report shows the harrowing effect gang violence has had on children in Haiti. Miami Herald Caribbean correspondent ...
Amnesty Int’l Warns Haiti Gang Violence Has Led to Widespread Violation of Children’s Rights
The halting of U.S. aid has also compounded the already dire humanitarian crisis in Haiti, hitting a program that provides treatment to AIDS patients, including pregnant mothers, which has been put on ...
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 - The Iron Grip of the Gangs
In Port-au-Prince, nearly three million people are living in the grips of all-out gang war. A film crew spent a fortnight filming in and around the Haitian capital ...
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U.S. supports the Kenya-led mission in Haiti, Rubio says as more troops arrive
Meanwhile gang control up to 90% of Haiti’s capital. “Haiti is drowning while a significant part of the international community is watching from the sidelines without showing the commitment ...
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Haiti Violence Surges as Gangs Expand Influence
Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Haiti’s gangs caused thousands of deaths and the ...
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200 Kenyan police officers arrive at UN mission in Haiti
Two hundred Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on Thursday to join the United Nations-backed mission to fight gangs in the crisis-plagued Caribbean country. More than 600 Kenyan officers had ...