Friday December 9, 2022, the eve of World Human Rights Day Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, during a press conference organized in Geneva, spoke in particular about the crisis in Haiti, which "cannot be ignored". Especially since it is a country where armed gangs, which would be "supported by the economic and political elites, already control around 60% of the capital" and where some 4.7 million people are facing hunger in the country.

Since the beginning of 2022, 1,448 people have been killed, 1,145 injured and 1,005 kidnapped by gangs. "And don't forget that behind each of these figures are hidden families and entire communities that are torn apart by violence," said Volker Türk.

Gang members also use sexual violence to instill fear and exert control over the population, as highlighted in an October report by the Human Rights Branch of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37890-haiti-flash-sexual-violence-a-weapon-used-by-gangs-to-instill-fear-report.html "It is inadmissible that people take advantage of this endemic insecurity and the suffering of Haitians," insisted Türk.

Download the full report (French PDF 28 pages) : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/Violence-sexuelle-a-Port-au-Prince---une-arme-utilisee-par-les-gangs-pour-repandre-la-peur.pdf

Since the beginning of 2022, every 6 hours gangs kill at least one person, every day at least 3 people are kidnapped and every 8 hours at least one person is injured...

Violence and sexual assaults have pushed thousands of people to flee their homes, recalled Thursday, December 8 in New-York Ulrika Richardson, the Resident Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs of the UN in Haiti, noting that nearly 20,000 Haitians are facing to famine (IPC 5) in Haiti https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37889-haiti-health-for-the-first-time-famine-is-in-haiti.html a first in the country's history as a new cholera epidemic claimed victims in the country...

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37890-haiti-flash-sexual-violence-a-weapon-used-by-gangs-to-instill-fear-report.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37889-haiti-health-for-the-first-time-famine-is-in-haiti.html

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