On Tuesday, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the French Embassy in Haiti expressed its deep concern over the alarming number of gun deaths in recent weeks in still unclear circumstances especially the murder of young people in the night of November 30 in Mariani https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29415-haiti-security-the-minister-of-justice-denounces-and-condemns.html

The Embassy reiterated its wish that all the light be shed on the killings that took place in La Saline in November 2018 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29270-haiti-massacre-of-la-saline-the-united-states-exhorts-haiti-to-bring-the-guilty-to-justice.html , to Carrefour Feuilles in April 2019 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27559-haiti-flash-massacre-of-carrefour-feuilles-death-toll-climbed-cspn-emergency-meeting.html and in Bel Air last November 6 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29225-haiti-security-violence-in-bel-air-neighborhood-at-least-15-dead.html and urges the Haitian authorities to actively seek, bring to justice and condemn the perpetrators of these packages.

The French Embassy is also worried about the increase in violence against women; The gang rape suffered by several prisoners in the Gonaïves prison on 7 November 2019 is a dramatic example and finally expresses its support for human rights activists and associations promoting these rights.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29415-haiti-security-the-minister-of-justice-denounces-and-condemns.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29270-haiti-massacre-of-la-saline-the-united-states-exhorts-haiti-to-bring-the-guilty-to-justice.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29225-haiti-security-violence-in-bel-air-neighborhood-at-least-15-dead.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27559-haiti-flash-massacre-of-carrefour-feuilles-death-toll-climbed-cspn-emergency-meeting.html

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