{"id":2417292,"date":"2025-03-28T16:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-warns-of-severe-human-rights-abuses-in-haiti-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T16:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:29:41","slug":"un-warns-of-severe-human-rights-abuses-in-haiti-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-warns-of-severe-human-rights-abuses-in-haiti-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"UN warns of &#8216;severe&#8217; human rights abuses in Haiti &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fun-warns-of-severe-human-rights-abuses-in-haiti-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2417292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United Nations has issued a report highlighting a notable increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-the-good-old-days-joe-biden-invades-syria-with-convoy-of-us-troops-and-choppers-on-first-full-day-as-president\/\" title=\"Just Like the Good Old Days: Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President\">human rights abuses<\/a> in Haiti due to the influx of illegal weapons being smuggled into the nation. Since July 2024, over 4,200 individuals have been killed and more than 1,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">300 injured amidst rising gang violence<\/a>, primarily perpetrated by a coalition of gangs known as &#8220;Vin Ansamn.&#8221; Additionally, there has been a disturbing rise in police-involved killings, with an estimated 60% increase reported. <\/p>\n<p>The report also notes that approximately 73% of those killed by police were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/17-alleged-nyc-gang-members-charged-in-major-bust\/\" title=\"17 Alleged NYC Gang Members Charged In Major Bust\">alleged gang members<\/a>, but many innocent civilians have been caught in the crossfire, highlighting the dangers of police operations in densely populated areas. The violence has contributed to the displacement of around 60,000 people, forcing families to flee for safety amidst an environment of ongoing instability. <\/p>\n<p>the proliferation of an estimated 270,000 to 500,000 illegal firearms, mostly trafficked from the United states, has exacerbated the cycle of violence. Corruption and underfunding in Haiti&#8217;s customs and police departments have hindered efforts to combat weapon smuggling and ensure public safety.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">UN warns of &lsquo;severe&rsquo; human rights abuses in Haiti due to flood of illegal weapons smuggled in<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1870949\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gangs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gang violence<\/a> is on the rise in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Haiti <\/a>as illegal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">weapons<\/a> are being smuggled into the country, according to a United Nations report. <\/p>\n<p>From July 2024 to February, more than 4,200 people <a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/haiti\/situation-human-rights-haiti-report-united-nations-high-commissioner-human-rights-ahrc5876-advance-edited-version\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">were killed<\/a> in the Caribbean country, with another 1,356 injured.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3362517\/trump-first-call-canada-mark-carney-productive\/\">Trump says first call with Canada&#8217;s Mark Carney was &#8216;productive&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3362485\/powerful-earthquake-myanmar-thailand-kills-150\/\">Powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar and Thailand, killing more than 150 people<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3362378\/putin-says-russia-will-finish-off-ukraine-raising-questions-about-peace-talks\/\">Putin says Russia will &#8216;finish off&#8217; Ukraine, raising questions about peace talks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Much of the violence is being committed by gangs who have formed a coalition known as &ldquo;Vin Ansamn.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to gang violence, over 2,000 Haitians have been killed and injured in police operations from July to February &mdash; a 60% increase in police-involved killings.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, 73% of victims killed by authorities were alleged gang members, while 27% of people killed &ldquo;were not associated with gangs and were often struck by stray bullets while in the streets or at home.&rdquo; In some cases, police opened fire in areas &ldquo;where people were walking or selling goods on the streets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mobs and self-defense groups are also killing Haitians. In November, 77 alleged gang members were killed by a gunman who attacked a community in Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n<p>The escalating violence has led to the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/03\/1161266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">displacement of 60,000 people<\/a> fleeing the capital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have never observed such a large number of people moving in this short time. Families are being uprooted time and time again, forced to leave everything behind as they flee for safety,&rdquo; Gregoire Goodstein, the <a href=\"https:\/\/haiti.un.org\/en\/about\/our-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.N. migration agency&rsquo;s (IOM) chief in Haiti<\/a>, said. Many of those displaced were already living in precarious conditions after previous displacements.<\/p>\n<p>The report found that there are an estimated 270,000 to 500,000 illegal weapons being peddled across the country. Many of these weapons are being trafficked from the United States, specifically from Florida.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The use of these firearms has fueled a destructive cycle of violence in Haiti, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-sen-marco-rubio-if-you-hate-america-biden-wants-to-cut-a-deal-with-you\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Sen. Marco Rubio: \u2018If You Hate America,\u2019 Biden Wants to \u2018Cut a Deal With You\u2019\">severe human rights abuses<\/a>,&rdquo; the report stated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3312070\/lawsuits-targeting-trump-executive-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HERE ARE THE LAWSUITS TARGETING TRUMP&rsquo;S EXECUTIVE ORDERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At least 1,000 firearms belonging to Haiti&rsquo;s National Police have been found in the hands of gang leaders in the past four years. It is speculated that some police officers are selling weapons on the black market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Haiti&rsquo;s customs and police departments are underfunded, understaffed, and plagued with corruption, making it difficult to seize the weapons.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1870949\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1870949\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN warns of severe human rights abuses in Haiti amid rising gang violence and illegal weapon smuggling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2417293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/haiti-riots-protests.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[17800,36930,4133,52441,32076],"class_list":["post-2417292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-haiti","tag-human-rights","tag-news","tag-un-2","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/haiti-riots-protests.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2417292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417296,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417292\/revisions\/2417296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2417293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2417292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2417292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}