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Over 5,600 Killed Last Year In Haiti Gang Violence

Over 5,600 killed in Haiti’s 2024 gang violence, UN human rights office reports

Haiti’s record violence highlights systemic issues of displacement, human rights abuses, and violence against women, with the UN urging authorities and the global community to prioritize the rule of law and accountability.

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Gang violence killed more than 5,600 people in Haiti in 2024: UN

Violent gangs control most of the Caribbean country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. More than 5,600 people were killed and thousands more injured or kidnapped in 2024 due to soaring levels of gang violence in Haiti, the United Nations said.

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Gang violence continues to bleed Haiti, with UN reporting over 5,600 deaths in 2024

At least 5,601 people were killed, 2,212 injured, 1,494 kidnapped in Haiti last year in gang violence, an increase of over 1,000 compared to total fatalities in 2023, says UN Human Rights Office - Ana

The wave of gang violence in Haiti killed thousands last year, UN says

More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a UN-backed mission led by Kenya struggled to contain rampant gang violence, officials said Tuesday.

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UN report: Haitians face 'unremitting violence,' such as kidnapping, lynching

Gang violence killed more than 5,600 people in Haiti in 2024, a figure more than 1,000 deaths higher than 2023's toll ...

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Haitians Flee Gangs on a Mountain Trail ‘Where Even the Dogs Don’t Go’

Urban warfare drives tens of thousands of Haitians out of Port-au-Prince along one of the last remaining escape routes, a ...

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Haitian church condemns murder of parishioner in churchyard

The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince has condemned the murder of a 37-year-old businessman, Robenson Rendel, in the courtyard of ...

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Haiti’s health minister loses his job after a deadly gang attack on a hospital in the capital

Government officials tell The Associated Press that Haiti’s health minister has been removed from his post after a deadly ...

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For Haiti’s kids, servitude in gangs, death on the streets leave little room for a future

The nine-year-old boys wearing matching knapsacks walk down the street in the morning light, but they are not going to school ...

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A look at official celebration of Haiti’s 221st Independence Day in Port-au-Prince | PHOTOS

All ceremonies took place at the Villa d’Accueil, the government palace in Musseau, miles away from the center of ...

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A survivor of gang attack on Haitian journalists says colleagues were cut down by bullets

Two reporters and a police officer died in an attack at the reopening of Port-au-Prince's biggest public hospital. Seven ...

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Guatemalan forces arrive in Haiti to fight gangs

Guatemala sends 150 soldiers to Haiti's capital to help a UN-backed force tackle powerful armed gangs.

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Central American troops arrive in Haiti to reinforce mission to restore order

Some 150 military police officers from Central America have started arriving in Haiti. They're there to reinforce the ...

Haiti - Security : The PNH on several fronts

The Haitian National Police (PNH) is engaged on several fronts in a series of operations and interventions aimed at putting ...

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