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

Haiti’s residents are subjected to “unremitting violence,” according to Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In a report released Tuesday, Türk’s office said gang violence killed more than 5,600 people in Haiti in 2024, a figure more than 1,000 deaths higher than 2023’s toll. In addition to the deaths, UNHCR said more than 2,200 people were injured by gang violence and nearly 1,500 were kidnapped by gangs. “Restoring the rule of law must be a priority,” Türk said. “These figures alone cannot capture the absolute horrors being perpetrated in Haiti.” Among those horrors was an incident

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