1. Kolbe: Political and Social Marginalization Behind Increases in Crime
(Matching tags: security, minustah, human rights, aid, fanmi lavalas)

In early March, social scientists Athena Kolbe and Robert Muggah released a study, backed by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the Igarapé Institute of Brazil, showing increasing crime ...

2. MINUSTAH Continues to Prioritize Security Over Relief
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We – along with aid and relief groups on the ground in Haiti - have argued before that in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake an over-emphasis on security concerns severely hampered relief efforts. ...

3. Despite Eyewitness and Media Accounts, MINUSTAH Denies Firing Tear Gas Into Camps, Forcing People to Flee
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"[O]nly pepper spray and rubber bullets were used to quell an out-of-control protest." As heavy rains threaten to flood camps, UN troops fired volleys of tear gas at a demonstration that spilled out from ...