The Reign of Prime Minister Ariel Henry Or The Fury of The Armed Gangs
Date of Publication
1-1-2023 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Human Rights
Keywords
Massacres, sexual violence, security situation, human rights
Description
Since July 2021, raids, armed attacks, and massacres have multiplied in Haiti. However, between April 2022 and April 2023, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) counted 9 large-scale massacres perpetrated in the departments of Artibonite and also in the West department. These massacres are considered to be large-scale because of the number of victims, the duration of the armed attacks on the civilian population, and/or the severity of the abuses committed. Based on the above, RNDDH recommends to the concerned authorities put an end to the reign of impunity by conducting a certification process of all the prosecutors' offices near the courts of the first instance of the country and by removing all corrupt prosecutors; to put an end to the protection of armed criminals; to put the public action in motion against the armed criminals who sow terror in the country to try and condemn the armed bandits involved in all the massacres so far recorded in the country since 2018; to immediately adopt measures to put an end to the spiral of violence underway in the country; to provide financial and psychological assistance to the victims of massacres and armed attacks.
The Reign of Prime Minister Ariel Henry Or The Fury of The Armed Gangs
Since July 2021, raids, armed attacks, and massacres have multiplied in Haiti. However, between April 2022 and April 2023, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) counted 9 large-scale massacres perpetrated in the departments of Artibonite and also in the West department. These massacres are considered to be large-scale because of the number of victims, the duration of the armed attacks on the civilian population, and/or the severity of the abuses committed. Based on the above, RNDDH recommends to the concerned authorities put an end to the reign of impunity by conducting a certification process of all the prosecutors' offices near the courts of the first instance of the country and by removing all corrupt prosecutors; to put an end to the protection of armed criminals; to put the public action in motion against the armed criminals who sow terror in the country to try and condemn the armed bandits involved in all the massacres so far recorded in the country since 2018; to immediately adopt measures to put an end to the spiral of violence underway in the country; to provide financial and psychological assistance to the victims of massacres and armed attacks.
