As the sounds of automatic gunfire in a central working-class Port-au-Prince neighborhood once more sent desperate residents ...

founder of Emmaus International. In a letter dated January 24 but made public February 4, the Paris prosecutor's office stated that “the public prosecution was closed by the death of the ...

Their recommendations often echoed those Amnesty International issued last year. Not only are human rights the right or legal thing to do. They are the smart thing to do. We hope the recommendations ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s children are increasingly caught in the crossfire of gang violence and forced to carry ...

Children in Haiti face sexual violence, other forms of abuse, and recruitment into local gangs, according to a report published by Amnesty International on Feb. 12. The report states that armed gangs ...

Haiti's children are increasingly trapped in a cycle of gang violence, forced into recruitment, sexual exploitation, and ...

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The halting of U.S. aid has also compounded the already dire humanitarian crisis in Haiti, hitting a program that provides ...

This is an issue that should worry us all—because censorship prevents us from addressing corruption and criminality, and from ...

Prince, Haiti's capital, and the surrounding locality has produced a series of human rights abuses against children, Amnesty International reported on Wednesday. Violence by ...

Report estimates that more than a million children live in areas controlled by or under the influence of armed gangs.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the United States backed an international security mission in Haiti but wanted a broader solution in the troubled country that includes ...