1. Cholera as a Human Rights Issue
(Matching tags: haitian national police, minustah, prisons, ijdh, idps, cholera, duvalier)

... drinking water is also lacking, leading to at least 275 cholera deaths in the prisons since the outbreak began. The report also examines Haiti’s flawed justice system, and the Haitian National Police ...

2. UN Secretary General Recommends Creating Timeline for MINUSTAH Withdrawal
(Matching tags: haitian national police, minustah, elections, cholera)

... is now recommending creating a “transition compact” with the Haitian government that would have specific benchmarks on the road to withdrawal. The main benchmark for reducing the number of MINUSTAH personnel ...

3. Quake Survivors Say Police Using Coercion to Force Them to Move
(Matching tags: haitian national police, summary executions)

Frank Bajak reports for the AP on police brutality in one of the make-shift camps in Haiti. The camp is on the grounds of the Prime Minister’s office and is home to around 2,500 Haitians, according to ...