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The panel was put in place by the U.N. in October 2022 after the Security Council unanimously approved sanctions for Haiti, the first authorization since 2017, and the first for a country in the ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert said Wednesday that a specialized international force is needed to help fight gang violence in Haiti and that a weapons embargo should be ...
With gangs controlling at least 80% of the Haitian capital, the four gang leaders are behind much of the spiraling violence.
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Martelly is the latest Haitian official to face US sanctions in recent years. In June 2023 , the US sanctioned former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe for the alleged misuse of tens of ...
An example of an embargo being deliberately broken occurred on 19 July 2017. The television presenter and former tabloid editor Piers Morgan antagonised other journalists when he intentionally breached a BBC news embargo. This was in connection with the publication of details of BBC presenters earning more than £150,000 annually.
In 2022, Canada issued sanctions against three wealthy businessmen—Gilbert Bigio, [19] Reynold Deeb, and Sherif Abdallah—whom they accused of "participat[ing] in gross and systematic human rights violations in Haiti" along with numerous politicians including Michel Martelly, Laurent Lamothe, Jean-Henry Céant, Joseph Lambert, and Youri ...
A year ago, the council slapped sanctions on Jimmy Cherizier, alias "Barbecue," a former police officer turned leader of the G9 Alliance and one of Haiti's most powerful gang leaders.