Human Rights Watch says country unable to protect citizens from killing and rape by armed gangs, and floats overseas peacekeepers
Human rights abuses in Haiti are soaring while the Haitian state is almost nonexistent and unable to protect its people from the brutality of armed gangs, Human Rights Watch has warned in a new report.
Rival criminal factions now have such a tight grip over the country that international security forces could be necessary to restore order, the rights groups said.
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