GENEVA – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, Tuesday reiterated a call for countries not to repatriate Haitians to their homeland as the UN Human Rights Office reported that at least 5 601 people were killed in Haiti last year.
The killings were as a result of gang violence, an increase of over 1 000 on the total killings for 2023, according to figures verified by the UN Human Rights Office. It said a further 2 212 people were injured and 1 494 kidnapped.