Haiti
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Haiti: "inhumane conditions" in jail says Rights Group
Human rights group, RNDDH, is concerned that police reliance on makeshift prisons amid insecurity and a crippled judicial system, makes for “inhumane, degrading conditions in overcrowded cells”. The group reported after visiting six police stations in Haiti’s Ouest Department. They recommend urging…
Haïti : 145 prisonnières s’évadent d’une prison
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Haïti : aggravation des conditions de détentions, 97 détenus ont trouvé la mort.
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Haiti : Dossier Jovenel – Ariel Henry chercherait-il à laisser les 18 prisonniers colombiens mourir de faim avant même qu’un verdict soit rendu ?
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Haïti : "Les droits des détenus ne sont pas respectés" estime l'OCNH
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Haïti: un rapport évoque la complicité et le manque de gardiens dans l’évasion sanglante de février
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Haití: sangrienta fuga de una cárcel, se escaparon 400 presos y hay 25 muertos
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Haiti: mutiny over cooking charcoal in Haiti prison led to gang rapes, human-rights groups say
It started around noon, when male detainees inside a prison for men and women north of Haiti’s capital heard there was no charcoal or propane gas to cook their food, and began violently protesting prison conditions and attempting to escape.Haiti: reclusos corren riesgo de morir de hambre debido a la crisis
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Haiti: des détenus pourraient "mourir de faim", faute de nourriture dans les prisons
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Haiti: all inmates escape from Aquin
All 78 inmates of a prison in southern Haiti have escaped from captivity, according to the country’s police. The detainees reportedly made their escape from Aquin prison while police were distracted by anti-government protests nearby Haiti’s national police force said it has launched an investigati…Mass funeral held for 20 Haitians who died in dismal prison
Relatives wailed in grief or stared stoically as flowers were placed on 20 caskets at a mass funeral Tuesday for the latest group of inmates who died miserably in Haiti’s largest prison, most without ever having been convicted of any crime.