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More than 2,400 people were killed in Haiti since the start of 2023 amid rampant gang violence, including over 350 killed in lynchings by locals and vigilante groups, the UN says. "Between January 1 and August 15 of this year, at least 2,439 people have been killed and a further 902 injured," UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani tells reporters in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
Gang violence in strife-torn Haiti is expanding at "an alarming rate" in areas previously considered quite safe, the UN envoy to the country tells a Security Council meeting. "The horrific violence in gang-ridden areas, including sexual violence, particularly against women and girls, is emblematic of the terror afflicting much of Haiti's population," says Maria Isabel Salvador. SOUNDBITE
Port-au-Prince, Jul 9 (EFE).- Passports in hand, hundreds of Haitians gathered here Friday outside the United States Embassy to apply for visas, desperate to flee their country amid the uncertainty created by this week's assassination of President Jovenel Moïse."After the president's death it is not possible to live in Haiti," Jeferson Javeus told Efe in front of the US mission in Port-au-Prince's Tabarre neighborhood."Everyone is in danger in Haiti," he said, asking how anyone can feel safe "if they killed the president." (Camera: MARIA MONTECELOS). SHOT LIST: HUNDREDS OF HAITIANS GATHER IN FRONT OF THE US EMBASSY IN THE HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE GRANTED A VISA TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY, DUE THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOISE, IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.
Dharmsala (India), Sep 30 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Sanjay Baid).- Shows of anger in India on Wednesday after it was learned that during the early hours of the morning the police had hastily cremated, without the family's consent, the young Dalit woman who died Tuesday after being raped by four high-caste men. FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE GATHERED TO REMEMBER VICTIM
Ecuador's military continues search operations as the country was declared under a "state of emergency" following an escalation of gang violence, since the prison escape of one of the country's most powerful narco bosses. IMAGES