Since 2019, during episodes of violence that have forced thousands of people to flee their neighborhoods, there have also been recorded invitations issued to the population by armed gangs to return home, based on the promise that they would no longer be attacked and that they would be able to go about their daily activities…
Le Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH) estime de son devoir d’attirer votre attention sur les différentes plaintes reçues en ses bureaux contre la compagnie de transport aérien Sunrise Airways et sur le fonctionnement de l’Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale (AAN), en vue de l’adoption de mesures immédiates visant à réguler le marché commercial du…
June 12, 2025, marks the thirtieth (30th) anniversary of the creation of the Haitian National Police (PNH), a republican institution born from the desire to provide the country with a professional and apolitical public security force…
During April and May 2025, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) monitored seven (7) police stations and three (3) substations in the West department to assess the overall situation in holding cells and the conditions in which detainees are kept. These visits were carried out at the police stations of Anse-à-Galets, Delmas 33, Pétion-Ville,…
On April 25, 2024, the Presidential Transition Council (CPT) took control of the country, promising to restore security, initiate constitutional reform, and conduct elections, with the aim of transferring power to elected authorities by February 7, 2026. One year later, what is the status of these commitments? The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH), which…
The coordinated armed attack on Mirebalais during the night of March 30 to 31, 2025, carried out by the 400 Mawozo and the Canaan-based Taliban gangs, led respectively by Wilson JOSEPH, alias Lanmò san Jou, and Jeff LAROSE, alias Jeff Gwo Lwa, resulted in the fall of two key communes in Haiti’s Centre Department: Mirebalais and Saut-d’Eau.…
For several days, Tabarre and Croix-des-Bouquets – two (2) communes that are part of the Plaine du Cul-de-sac have been the victims of a violent war between two (2) armed gangs: the 400 Mawozo and the Chen Mechan base…
In recent years, several cases of disappearance of the corpus delicti, of exhibits and even of personal belongings seized or confiscated by the judicial police and transmitted to the authorities of the Justice, were registered in the court of first instance of Port-au-Prince. However, the attention of the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) was…
Crimes d’Etat, Assassinats, exécutions sommaires, viols, vols, courses-poursuites dans les rues au grand jour, gangstérisation du pays, gangstérisation des institutions étatiques, enlèvements suivis de séquestration contre rançon : voilà depuis quelques années, le quotidien de tous les haïtiens et haïtiennes. Voilà ce à quoi nous sommes réduits…
Les Organisations de promotion et de défense des droits humains signataires de la présente lettre vous présentent leurs compliments et portent à votre attention ce qui suit: Par arrêté présidentiel en date du vendredi 17 septembre 2020, l’administratioin Moïse/Jouthe a créé un Conseil Electoral Provisoire (CE) avec pour mission de : 1) organiser un référendum…