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At Least 2,300 Killed This Year in Haiti Gang Violence, UN Says
The new force is authorized to deploy up to 5,500 troops and police officers as gang violence has killed at least 2,300 people this year.
- On Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Haiti to show solidarity with victims of gang violence, meeting men, women, and children affected by the ongoing crisis.
- Haiti has suffered instability since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel, with UN human rights chief Volker Turk calling on authorities to tackle rampant impunity in the nation of 12 million people.
- Addressing the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Turk reported that "gang violence has resulted in at least 2,300 deaths, 1,100 injuries and 99 kidnappings since the start of the year."
- The UN Security Council approved the new Gang Suppression Force to replace the Multinational Mission to Support the Haitian Police , with deployment capped at 5,500 troops and police officers.
- Turk emphasized that "the Gang Suppression Force is urgently needed and needs to operate in line with international human rights law," as the 47-country council session continues until July 7.
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At least 2,300 people have been killed since the beginning of the year in Haiti, a country ravaged by gang violence, alerted the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Monday.
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This assessment was communicated by the United Nations on Monday, when the country has been eaten up for years by the violence of criminal gangs.
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