Assassinations, Ambushes, Hostage-taking, Rape, Fires, Raids: The authorities in power have installed terror in Cité Soleil

Questioned by the latest armed attacks recorded in Cité Soleil, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) launched an investigation from June 30 to  August 8, 2020, the results of which are presented in this report for which, the organisation met with police authorities, judicial authorities, notables of Cité Soleil as well as 108 victims…

“A bon droit”: Une initiative pour la défense des droits des personnes privées de liberté

Progettomondo.mlal, organisation internationale, et le Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH) annoncent le démarrage du projet « A Bon Droit – Appui à la construction d’une société plus démocratique en Haïti, par le renforcement de l’Etat de Droit et la défense du principe de légalité contre toutes violations des droits des personnes privées…

Attacks on deprived neighborhoods: The RNDDH demands the end of the protection of armed gangs by the authorities in power

From May 23 to 27, 2020, automatic weapons were fired continuously in several underprivileged areas of Port-au-Prince including Pont Rouge, Chancerelles, Wharf Jérémie, Fort Dimanche, La Saline and Nan Tokyo. Several kilometers away, smoke was also seen, and the tension in these areas was palpable…

Statement by the OAS Secretary General on the Presidential Constitutional Mandate / Haitian human rights and civil society organizations dismayed

The Haitian civil society and human rights organizations, signatories of this letter, have read your statement of May 29, 2020, in which you affirm that «the mandate of President Jovenel Moïse will expire on February 7, 2022 », further recalling that “the current health crisis should remind us of the importance of strengthening democratic rules…