Forward on a political process that will lead to the establishment of a president ial Transitional Council that will lead to elections. And we think that it lead to elections. And we think Thatitis Lead to elections. And we think that it is urgent, that it is urgent that he moves forward in that direction and starts the process of bringing normalcy back to the people of haiti. Meanwhile, the violence in haiti is worsening. The un high commissioner for human rights, volker turk, is calling for International Action and says the situation is beyond untenable. Since the beginning of the year, 1,193 people have been killed and 692 others wounded by the gang violence. The uns humanitarian coordinator in haiti told the bbc that gang members are killing and raping indiscriminately, and that bodies can be seen on the streets of the capital. The un says that gangs have stepped up their campaign of violence since the Prime Minister travelled to kenya a week ago. For more on the situation, i spoke
Transitional council that will lead to elections. We think that is urgent that he moves forward in that direction, and start the process of bringing normalcy back to the people of haiti. Meanwhile, the violence in haiti is worsening. The un High Commissioner For Human Rights volker turk is calling for International Action and says the situation is beyond untenable. Since the beginning of the year, 1,193 people have been killed and 692 others wounded by the gang violence. The uns humanitarian coordinator in haiti told the bbc that gang members are killing and raping indiscriminately, and that bodies can be seen on the streets of the capital. The un says that gangs have stepped up their campaign of violence since the Prime Minister travelled to kenya a week ago. For more on the situation, i spoke to our Central American and cuba correspondent, will grant. Will, good to see you. Clearly an extremely tense situation for haiti with the Prime Minister stranded abroad, and then the leader of
Prime minister to do is move forward on a political process that will lead to the establishment of a president ial Transition Council that will lead to elections. We think thatis lead to elections. We think that is urgent that he moves forward in that direction, and start the process of bringing normalcy back to the people of haiti. Meanwhile, the violence in haiti is worsening. The un High Commissioner For Human Rights volker turk is calling for International Action and says the situation is beyond untenable. Since the beginning of the year, 1,193 people have been killed and 692 others wounded by the gang violence. The uns humanitarian coordinator in haiti told the bbc that gang members are killing and raping indiscriminately, and that bodies can be seen on the streets of the capital. The un says that gangs have stepped up their campaign of violence since the Prime Minister travelled to kenya a week ago. For more on the situation, i spoke to our Central American and carribbean corresp
The prisoners stayed behind to avoid the shooting lets hear from one of them. Translation it was a very difficult situation last night. The riot in the prison put our lives at risk. We had because there was a lot of firing, we hid because there was a lot of firing, we were afraid for our lives. Remember, haiti has been plagued by Gang Violence for years. But the situation has got worse since president moise s assassination at his home in 2021. We know currently gangs control 80 we know currently gangs control 80 of the capital, port . Au . Prince. Which means that violent scenes like these from over the weekend have become more common. Gang leaders say they want to force him to resign have a listen. Translation we ask the haitian i National Police and the military l to take responsibility and arrest ariel henry. Once again, the population is not our enemy. The armed groups are not your enemy. Lets speak to mathias pierre, a former minister in the hatian government until 2021. He was in