The tragedy in the Artibonite region, considered the country’s breadbasket, is yet another example of Haiti’s descent into ...

Haitian "self-defense brigades," which claim to protect communities from gangs, are being accused of engaging in violent ...

Haiti, after he and several members of his church were beheaded in an attack. carried out by members of self-defense brigades.

RNDDH Executive Director Pierre Esperance said that the members of the self-defense brigades also participated in the clashes against the gang members, while the PNH published on Facebook that a ...

Adams Gang violence has killed more than 1,500 people in Haiti so far this year ... with community groups — some calling themselves “self-defense brigades” — attacking people suspected ...

The group is being portrayed by the media as an effective solution to the problem of Haiti’s gangs ... armed mobs as “civilians” and “self-defense brigades.” Local reporting in the ...

The UN human rights office described sexual violence in Haiti as “severely underreported ... The OHCHR also reported that so-called “self-defense brigades” made up of civilians have been ...

The U.N. said dozens of people have been lynched by so-called self-defense brigades this year. Many of the gang members are convicted criminals, 4,000 of whom have escaped from Haiti’s two ...

Gang violence in Haiti has killed over 1,500 people so far this year, including many children, while dozens have been lynched, stoned or burned alive by so-called self-defence brigades ...