On July 14, 2022, weapons, and ammunition as well as other illicit objects presumably covered by the exemptions granted by the Haitian government to the Episcopal Church of Haiti, were seized at the customs of Port-au-Prince…
On August 20, 2022, early in the morning, at least nine (9) people were murdered at Cité Doudoune, in the commune of Croix-des-Bouquets. These are: Three (3) members of the same family: Josette Fils DESANCLOS, born November 10, 1966, Sherwood Sondje DESANCLOS, born August 23, 1993, and Sarhadje DESANCLOS, born February 10, 1998 Three (3)…
At the dawn of July 7, 2022, a new war broke out in Cité Soleil between the armed gangs belonging to the two (2) rival coalitions, G-9 an Fanmi e Alye and G-Pèp, led respectively by Jimmy CHERIZIER alias Barbecue and Gabriel JEAN PIERRE alias Ti Gabriel or Gabo…
The RNDDH follows with sustained attention the investigations conducted by the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ), relative to the various shipments of weapons and ammunition seized or discovered both in Port-de-Paix, in the department of North-West, in Port-au-Prince in the Department of West. The RNDDH considers the efforts of the DCPJ commendable at…
On July 7, 2022, around 3 a.m., the coalition of armed gangs called G-9 an Fanmi e Alye attacked the neighborhood of Nan Brooklyn, one of the three (3) large blocks of Cité Soleil…
On the night of July 6-7, 2021, President Jovenel MOÏSE was assassinated at his home in Pèlerin 5. The judicial police investigation opened around this case allowed the arrest and imprisonment of several people. They are awaiting the results of the judicial investigation against them for their involvement in this murder…
From April 24 to May 6, 2022, a violent war – now called the Carnage of la Plaine du Cul-de-Sac – broke out between the 400 Mawozo gangs and the Chen Mechan base…
June 12, 2022, brings back the commemoration of the twenty-seven (27) years of existence of the Haitian National Police (PNH). On this occasion, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) wishes to draw the population’s attention to the recurrent killings of police officers, the general working conditions of PNH officers, and the inaccessibility of health…
Dans une étude publiée le 4 octobre 2021, le Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH) a présenté la situation des tribunaux de paix ainsi que les conditions générales de travail du personnel qui y est affecté…
On February 21, 2022, the National Federation of Health Workers (FENATRAS) launched a call for a strike in the country’s public hospitals to demand better working conditions and a salary review, granting a basic salary of sixty thousand (60.000) gourdes to staff of hospitals and health centers…