Haiti’s security crisis continues to deepen, with at least 2,300 people killed and nearly 100 kidnapped so far this year amid escalating gang violence, according to figures presented by the United Nations on Monday.
The update was delivered by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk during the opening of the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where he called on Haitian authorities to urgently confront entrenched impunity and restore rule of law in the Caribbean nation.
“In Haiti, gang violence has resulted in at least 2,300 deaths, 1,100 injuries and 99 kidnappings since the start of the year,” Türk said, urging faster action to activate judicial mechanisms aimed at addressing the crisis.
Haiti, a nation of roughly 12 million people, has been in turmoil since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, a turning point that accelerated the collapse of state authority in several regions.
Armed gangs now control large portions of Port-au-Prince and have been linked to widespread killings, sexual violence, looting and kidnappings, according to UN assessments.
https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/posts/un-warns-of-worsening-crisis-in-haiti-as-gang-violence-surges-past-2000-deaths-this-year"Haitian gangs — such as those designated by the State Department as foreign terrorist organizations — pose a serious threat to U.S. interests". They pose a far more serious threat to anyone in Haiti. Which is why they need TPS.
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