The United Nations’ top human rights official urged on Friday for an international force to be deployed to violence-ravaged Haiti, describing the island nation’s multiple crises as a “living nightmare.” | AFP
“The findings of this report are horrifying: it paints a picture of how people are being harassed and terrorized by criminal gangs for months without the State being able to stop it,” Turk said in a press release. “It can only be described as a living nightmare.”
The report highlighted the case of a woman identified as Rose, a pregnant mother of four who was severely beaten and raped in front of her children by gang members who earlier killed her husband. Before leaving the house, the gang members set it on fire, the report said. And over half a million Haitian children living in gang-controlled areas have little access to education, Turk warned.In October, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres relayed a plea for help from Prime Minister Ariel Henry and asked the UN Security Council to send an international force to Haiti.
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