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Silence Is Survival in Haiti
The US report cites over 1.3 million displaced Haitians and highlights impunity including a prosecutor killing 80 people, while security forces increase drone use against gangs.
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Silence is survival in Haiti
By Gabriella Jóźwiak | Index on Censorship Editorial Note: This article was first published by Index on Censorship on 28 July 2025. It appeared in Volume 54, Issue 2 of Index on Censorship’s print magazine, titled: Land of the Free?: Trump’s war on speech at home and abroad. Read more about the issue here. Their assailants were armed with machetes, firearms and sticks. The group of 10 Haitian journalists did not stand a chance. “Their equipment…
‘The Wild West’: Desperation is rampant in Haiti as gangs, vigilantes spread
With armed gangs expanding their influence, self-defence groups morphing into gang-like entities and public officials acting with impunity, Haiti is slowly becoming something like the Wild West, according to William O’Neill, the UN’s designated expert on human rights for the Caribbean island nation.
The latest U.S. State Department report describes a year of gang violence, extrajudicial executions and violations of fundamental freedoms. The 2024 report on human rights in Haiti, published by the U.S. Department of State, paints a gloomy picture of a country suffering from a profound deterioration of security and a decline in civil liberties. The State's inability to protect its population from the rise of armed gangs has led to an alarming i…
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