Deeply concerned by the various attacks carried out against the population of Carrefour-Feuilles since the beginning of August 2023, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) has assisted certain victims with a request to file a complaint with the judicial authorities.
Since the beginning of August 2023, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) has noted an increase in violence in several areas of the West and Artibonite departments, including Carrefour, Carrefour-Feuilles, Croix-des-Bouquets, Delmas, La Croix Périsse, Savien, Solino, etc., resulting in numerous murders and gunshot wounds. Concerned by this situation, RNDDH wishes to alert public…
On July 31, 2023, the journalist and human rights activist Liliane PIERRE-PAUL suddenly died of a heart attack, according to her family. The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) mourns the early departure of a great woman, a human rights activist who made so many sacrifices for the emergence, in the country she so cherished,…
The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) has learned with sorrow and dismay that on July 25, 2023, agents of the Haitian National Police (PNH) violently chased away people who, fleeing the violence of the Kraze Baryè armed gang led by Vitelhomme INNOCENT, had taken refuge in front of the premises of the U.S. Embassy…
The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) is mainly concerned with the inaction of state authorities in the wake of the country’s deteriorating security situation, particularly in the West Department. Indeed, since May 2023, RNDDH has noted an upsurge in acts of violence against lives and property and the perpetuation of several armed attacks and…
Désignation d’un juge d’instruction pour la relance de l’affaire PetroCaribe Le Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH) salue votre accession au Décanat du Tribunal de première instance de Port-au-Prince dans les conditions particulièrement difficiles que l’on sait, où vous semblez manquer de presque tout pour assurer le bon fonctionnement du Tribunal de l’une…
As Haitian and international human rights and civil society organizations working in and on Haiti, we sound the alarm about the catastrophic human rights and humanitarian situation in the country and call on regional and international actors to mobilize in support of an urgent, rights-based response…
Le 12 juin 2023 ramène le vingt-huitième (28ème) anniversaire de la Police Nationale d’Haïti (PNH). Le Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH), qui a passé l’année 2022-2023 à monitorer le travail des agents-tes de l’institution policière, estime de son devoir de partager avec l’opinion publique, les différentes remarques faites au cours de cette…
The hurricane season was declared officially open on June 1, 2023. The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) notes that only two (2) days after this announcement, on June 3, 2023, heavy rains hit at least seven (7) of the country’s geographic departments: Ouest, Nippes, Sud-Est, Sud, Grand’Anse, Centre and Nord-Ouest, causing loss of life…
For some time now, many police stations and sub-police stations located in the Ouest department, under the jurisdiction of the Port-au-Prince and Croix-des-Bouquets courts of first instance respectively, have been experiencing overcrowding in their holding cells.