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Sana Khan

Haiti Human Rights Group Suspends Operations Due To Threats Amid Growing Gang Wars

An injured man is transported on a motorcycle to a hospital after he was reportedly shot during gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti earlier this year (Credit: AFP)

A Haiti-based human rights group, Center for Human Rights Analysis and Research (CARDH), has temporarily shut down its operations after receiving threats, its executive director said Thursday.

CARDH's executive director, Gédéon Jean, said the group, consisting of 16 people, will no longer be operational after one of his colleagues was kidnapped on Oct. 29 and freed on Nov. 17.

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