Haiti
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Americas
A third of Haiti’s children in urgent need of emergency aid: UNICEF
Nearly a third of all children in Haiti – numbering around 1.5 million – are in urgent need of emergency…
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UN condemns ‘abhorrent’ assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse
Perpetrators behind the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse must be brought to justice, the United Nations said on Wednesday. …
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Urgent action needed to end ‘inhumane conditions’ facing Haiti prisoners: UN rights chief
Extreme overcrowding and lack of access to food, water and health, are among the ‘inhumane conditions’ that prisoners in Haiti…
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Political impasse in Haiti, amid rising humanitarian needs, ahead of crucial elections
Amid worsening socioeconomic conditions, rising criminal gang violence and a resurgence of COVID-19, Haiti’s leaders must commit to good-faith dialogue…
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‘Unprecedented’ rise in gang violence across Haiti’s capital displaces thousands
An upsurge in deadly clashes between gangs in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has displaced more than 5,000 people since the beginning of the…
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Haiti needs ‘democratic renewal’ top UN representative tells Security Council
The top UN official in Haiti called Monday for a “democratic renewal” in the troubled Caribbean nation to lift it…
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Haiti needs ‘democratic renewal’ top UN representative tells Security Council
The top UN official in Haiti called Monday for a “democratic renewal” in the troubled Caribbean nation to lift it…
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Human Rights
UN human rights office alarmed by ‘attacks’ on judicial independence in Haiti
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) is “very concerned” over recent attacks against judicial independence in Haiti, as the country…
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UN human rights office alarmed by ‘attacks’ on judicial independence in Haiti
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) is “very concerned” over recent attacks against judicial independence in Haiti, as the country…
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Spectre of unrest, violent repression looming over Haiti, warns UN rights office
Increasing political tensions in Haiti coupled with insecurity and structural inequalities could result in protests followed by violent crackdowns by…
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