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Human Rights Watch urges international intervention to end surging gang violence in Haiti

A man holds a tree branch and marches by burning tires during a protest against insecurity, on August 7, 2023, near the prime minister's official house in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. © Richard Pierrin, AFP

A human rights group urged the international community on Monday to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti as it detailed the brutal rapes and killings committed in the troubled nation's capital.

The call by Human Rights Watch comes as Haiti awaits a response from the U.N. Security Council to its request in October for the immediate deployment of an international armed force to fight the surge in violence.

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