For several years, the security situation in Haiti has continued to deteriorate, deeply affecting the lives of its citizens. While at first only the Department of the West was particularly affected by this situation, for more than three (3) years now, armed violence has spread to the Departments of the Artibonite and the Center. Indeed, heavily armed gangs have been sowing terror throughout these three departments, heightening the vulnerability of a population already weakened by poverty, natural disasters, and chronic social, political, and economic instability.
The escalation of armed violence in the Artibonite Department, the scene of all kinds of criminal atrocities,massacres, armed attacks, raids, murders, gunshot and knife injuries, rapes, gang rapes, thefts, and arson,has prompted the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) to conduct an investigation into the episodes of violence recorded there between January and September 2025.
Today, the RNDDH seeks to share with the public the findings of its investigation.
