The report estimates that more than a million children live under the influence of armed gangs or in controlled areas.
In Haiti, gangs are recruiting children and targeting them with violence and sexual harassment, Amnesty International said in a report that the Caribbean nation was destroyed by expanding the effects of long -running citizens unrest.
A report published on Wednesday estimated that Haiti resides more than a million children under the influence of armed gangs or in controlled areas, and condemned crimes committed as “human rights abuses” against young people.
Haiti has no President or Parliament and is ruled by a transitional body, struggling to manage extreme violence associated with criminal gangs, poverty and other challenges. According to the United Nations, more than a thousand in 2023, more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as a result of gang violence.
Amnesty’s report shows the concerns given by UNICEF in November in November. The group then stated that there has been an increase of 70 percent of the gang recruitment of children in the country, and Haiti has children between 30 to 50 percent of the gang members.
The new report highlights 14 high -tight children admitted by the gang to spy rival groups and police, as well as to work like working or repairing vehicles.
One of the interviewed children said that he was pressurized to fight continuously by a gang.
“They killed people in front of me and asked me to burn their body. But I do not have a heart for him, ”the unknown boy was quoted saying this.
If the children refuse to follow the orders of a gang, according to the report, they or their families will be killed, who depended on the interviews and research conducted from May to October 2024.
Hiratian girls are frequent victims of kidnapping, rape and other sexual attacks during gang attacks, said Amnesty.
Violence has also led to injury and death.
A 14 -year -old girl said how a recocrating bullet pierced her lips in September 2024. Three months before that, his 17 -year -old brother died of a stray bullet.
“I lost a big presence in my life. Since then, I don’t know how to be happy, ”the girl said.
Amnesty identified attacks on schools and hospitals, as well as blocking humanitarian aid, as an example of “severe violations” by children.
