UN warns of worsening violence and mass displacement in Haiti, in new report
Violence in Haiti is escalating sharply, with gang activity reaching new levels across the country. According to a new report from the United Nations, the surge began in October 2024 and has continued through June of this year.
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00:00Violence in Haiti is surging. That's according to a new UN report that reveals a sharp rise in gang activity from October 2024 through to June of this year.
00:11The chaos now spreading far beyond the capital, with rural areas seeing spiraling violence and growing instability.
00:18Escalating gang violence outside Port-au-Prince, where the presence of the state is extremely limited,
00:24has claimed over 1,000 lives and forced hundreds of thousands to flee since October 2024.
00:31Against this backdrop, human rights abuses by self-defense groups have increased.
00:36The UN is calling for the world to intervene.
00:39Human rights violations and abuses that we have documented are further evidence of why Haiti and the international community urgently need to step up to end this violence.
00:48The UN says the mass killing in Pont-Senday last October marked a turning point in Haiti's gang violence.
00:57What followed was a wave of brutal attacks and mass displacement.
01:01In the town of Merbalais, where violence was particularly acute, all 100,000 residents fled, leaving the entire town empty.
