United NationsThe violent and chaotic situation in the Caribbean island nation of Haiti is a “catastrophic change”, the United Nations (UN) said today. More than 1,500 people have died from gang violence so far this year, and more weapons continue to arrive in the local area.

Agence France-Presse reports that the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has released a new report detailing how “corruption, impunity for crime and poor governance, combined with increasing mass violence, are worsening the rule of law.” The regime has been abolished.” Haiti.”, and brought the national system to the brink of collapse” and placed Haiti in a “disastrous state of great transition.”

Impoverished Haiti has long suffered from violent conflicts. In late February this year, gangs launched an offensive to force Prime Minister Ariel Henry to step down. Since then, conflicts have escalated, the country has been plunged into turmoil, and the number of victims of violence has also increased.

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights determined that 4,451 people were killed and 1,668 injured in mass violence in Haiti last year. In the first three months of this year alone, till March 22, it has killed 1,554 people and injured 826 people.

The report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also cited widespread sexual violence, including women being sexually assaulted by gang members, rape of hostages, and women being raped after witnessing their husbands being murdered. To be done is included.

The report also highlights the recruitment and abuse of children by Haitian gangs, including boys and girls who are unable to leave gangs for fear of retribution.

“These acts are abhorrent and must be stopped immediately,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement.

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