Haiti, Gang and Children

Haitian Children Forced Into Gangs and Sexual Violence Amid Crisis, Amnesty International Finds in New Report
The organization found that 30% to 50% of gang members are now children, with many coerced into joining due to hunger or fear
Women This Week: New Report Outlines Staggering Impact of Gangs on Children in Haiti
This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 8 to February 14.
Children in Haiti face consequences of worsening gang crisis, rights group reports
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
Dozens of Haiti children caught up in the crossfire of gang violence
Haiti’s children are increasingly caught in the crossfire of gang violence, forced to carry weapons, spy on police and rival gangs and run errands for gunmen, according to a report released Wednesday
Amnesty International Details Gruesome Impact of Gang Violence on Children in Haiti
Amnesty International has released a report that details the impact gang violence has had on children across Haiti and called for immediate action
Widespread gang violence in Haiti: 'Overwhelming assault on childhood itself'
Amnesty International has just released a report detailing the harrowing plight of children amid widespread gang violence in war-torn Haiti. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Eve Irvine welcomes Rawya Rageh,
Children in Haiti subjected to brutal gang violence, report says
At least 5,600 people were killed in Haiti in 2024, an increase of more than 1,000 from the previous year. Another 2,212 people were injured and 1,494 kidnapped. View on euronews
Gruesome impact of gang violence on children in Haiti revealed
Haiti’s children are increasingly caught in the crossfire of gang violence, forced to carry weapons, spy on police and rival gangs and run errands
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Gangs attack a neighborhood in Haiti that’s home to the country’s elite
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Heavily armed gangs in Haiti have attacked a neighborhood that’s home to most of the country’s elite and ...
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As gangs prepare to attack Haiti’s capital, U.S. freezes critical aid for security mission
As hundreds of armed gang members, entrenched in the hills above Haiti’s capital, await orders to attack the last ...
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US has frozen some funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti, UN says
The United Nations says that the U.S. has given notice that it is halting funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked ...
US freezes some funding for security mission tackling Haiti's gangs
More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen ...
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Soldiers from El Salvador join U.N.-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence
Seventy soldiers from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to support a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help ...
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New contingent of Kenyan police joins UN-backed mission to fight gangs in Haiti
Haiti — A fourth contingent of Kenyan police arrived Thursday in Haiti to help repel violent gangs as officials brushed off concerns over a halt in some U.S. funding to the U.N.-backed mission.
US has frozen funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The United States has notified the United Nations that it is freezing funding to a UN-backed mission ...