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UN report documents surge in killings and displacement in Haiti’s capital region
Summary
A United Nations report described at least 1,518 killings and more than 3,000 people displaced in Haiti between Jan. 1 and March 27 amid gang violence; the report details mass brutality, burned homes and attacks on civilians.
The United Nations on Monday summarized a new report on violence in Haiti’s metropolitan area that said at least 1,518 people were killed and 572 injured between Jan. 1 and March 27, with more than 3,000 people forced to flee their localities.
UN colleagues and the UN political mission in Haiti said gang attacks, operations by security forces and violence by self-defense groups and others have produced “grim” human rights findings, including executions inside homes, shootings of fleeing civilians and sexual violence. The briefing said at least seven women and girls were subjected to sexual violence during attacks in some communities.
The UN report, cited by the spokesperson, also said gangs ransacked homes and set fire to more than 90 houses in affected areas. The briefing highlighted repeated attacks in rural areas of Kenscoff and in neighborhoods of Carrefour (the transcript referenced Kafour), two localities in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, and said those attacks resulted in serious human rights abuses.
Why it matters: The scale and brutality described in the UN summary underline the worsening security and humanitarian situation in Haiti, with large numbers of civilians killed, injured or displaced and serious human rights allegations that may require further investigation.
The spokesperson said the report comes from human rights colleagues and the UN mission in Haiti and called attention to the urgent protection and access needs of affected populations.
