{"id":52545,"date":"2025-01-08T19:13:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/un-reports-over-5-600-killed-in-haiti-gang-violence-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T19:17:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:17:43","slug":"un-reports-over-5-600-killed-in-haiti-gang-violence-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/un-reports-over-5-600-killed-in-haiti-gang-violence-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"UN reports over 5,600 killed in Haiti gang violence in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the deaths in the Caribbean island country, more than 2,200 people were injured, and nearly 1,500 were kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p>The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker T\u00fcrk, expressed deep concern over the scale of the violence, calling it a severe humanitarian crisis. <\/p>\n<p>He highlighted a December massacre in Port-au-Prince\u2019s Cit\u00e9 Soleil area, where over 200 people were killed in a gang-led attack. <\/p>\n<p>The victims, many elderly, were accused of causing the death of a gang leader\u2019s son. The bodies were mutilated and thrown into the sea.<\/p>\n<p>Other reports from OHCHR detailed 315 lynchings and 281 summary executions linked to gangs and alleged police involvement. <\/p>\n<p>These incidents, coupled with widespread corruption and impunity, continue to fuel the country&#8217;s multi-dimensional crisis.<\/p>\n<p>T\u00fcrk emphasized the urgent need for international support, calling for strengthened efforts to restore the rule of law and accountability. <\/p>\n<p>He also reiterated the need for a full implementation of the UN Security Council\u2019s sanctions, especially regarding arms control, as illegal weapons continue to fuel the violence.<\/p>\n<p>Among others, the High Commissioner urged nations to halt deportations to Haiti, where ongoing insecurity makes safe returns impossible.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79963\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/h-24.jpg\" alt=\"Haitians in protests against violence. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gang violence in Haiti escalated dramatically in 2024, with at least 5,601 people killed, marking an increase of over 1,000 deaths compared to 2023, according to the UN&#8217;s human rights office (OHCHR). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000079962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000079962,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/h-6.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/h-6.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/h-6.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/h-6.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/h-6.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/h-6.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000079962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52545"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52545"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}