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Haiti announces new measures to fight gangs after thousands of protesters demand security

Newsday 03 Apr 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The leader of Haiti’s transitional presidential council announced Thursday that it was taking measures to crack down on a surge in gang violence, acknowledging that the country has “become hell for everyone.”.
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Gunfire erupts as Haiti protesters clash with police over gang violence

The Times of India 03 Apr 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI ... Haiti’s gang crisis has worsened, with armed groups now controlling 85% of Port-au-Prince ... In March, UN human rights expert William O'Neill described Port-au-Prince as 'an ...
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Journalists in Haiti defy bullets and censorship to cover unprecedented violence

Newsday 03 Apr 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Jean-Jacques Asperges once relished returning home after a long day working at a radio station in one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists.
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Fed up with surging gang violence, thousands of Haitians hit the streets

Al Jazeera 03 Apr 2025
Thousands of Haitians have taken to the streets of Port-au-Prince to express their anger against armed gangs that control nearly all of the capital and its surrounding areas and the government’s failure to hold them off.
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APTOPIX Haiti Protest

Beaumont Enterprise 03 Apr 2025
A woman sweeps debris next to a blazing barricade set up by demonstrators during a protest against insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 2, 2025 ....
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Gunfire as thousands protest in Haiti to denounce a surge in gang violence

The Sun Chronicle 03 Apr 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gunfire erupted as thousands of protesters in Haiti clashed with police on Wednesday as they denounced a surge in gang violence and demanded that the government keep them safe ... .
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Haiti Journalists Under Attack

Beaumont Enterprise 03 Apr 2025
... over the death of journalist Romelson Vilsaint, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct.
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In Haiti, we have 'gangs in suits and gangs in sandals': Pro-democracy activist Clesca

France24 03 Apr 2025
... that "daily life is hellish" and compared the capital Port-au-Prince to "an open-air prison".
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AP News Summary at 4:20 a.m. EDT

The Call 03 Apr 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Journalists in Haiti are under attack like never before ... downfall of Haiti’s capital and the surge in violence blamed on powerful gangs that control 85% of Port-au-Prince.
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AP News Summary at 2:26 a.m. EDT

The Call 03 Apr 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Journalists in Haiti are under attack like never before ... downfall of Haiti’s capital and the surge in violence blamed on powerful gangs that control 85% of Port-au-Prince.
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Letters to the Editor for April 3, 2025

The East Hampton Star 03 Apr 2025
Limit the Number. East Hampton Village. March 29, 2025. Dear David,. On the 20th of May, will good or bad prevail? ... ... The latest reporting from Fox is that the deportee was immediately sworn in by a local gang in Port-au Prince and named Chef de Cuisine ... .
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Thousands protest in Haiti to denounce a surge in gang violence and demand security

Wtop 02 Apr 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of protesters clashed with police on Wednesday as they denounced a surge in gang violence and demanded that the government keep them safe ... In a visit to Port-au-Prince in early March, William O’Neill, the U.N.
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