Haiti - its very name conjures up death and violence - place of the damned...
Haiti - its very name conjures up death and violence - place of the damned...
The top UN official in Haiti has denounced a sharp increase in lynchings and other violent mob attacks in that country, including the killing of two innocent men on the way to a wedding.
At least six people have been murdered by mobs in a single week this month, according to the UN mission's human rights section.
At least 105 people have been reportedly lynched there since 2005, with a large number in the past weeks and months. The special envoy to Haiti, Edmond Mulet, said he hoped it won't become a trend.
He blamed the rise in part to the notoriously corrupt judicial system, which keeps hundreds imprisoned wihout trial, while others with the means to bribe, can walk free.
Will this country ever change, despite the changes in leaders? Probably not. This place is the place of the damned!
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I remember seeing very spooky black-and-white
pictures of the capital city Port-au-Prince in a magazine once. Even from a bird's eye view the little cabins and ram-shackle houses lining the labyrinthal streets and alley-ways was even to freak me out. Home of voodoo as well..brrr.
Yes, gives you the...
creeps.
Kiwi Riverman
It's terrible there, mate
It seems like every couple years the country goes mad and the folks in charge start killing everyone. It's a sad, sad thing added to an already sad poverty situation. That's why so many Haitian's try for the US ~ to escape all the poverty, death, rape and mutilation. Such a rich culture in such a scary place!
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HOME OF 'STALKING EDGAR' THE MOVIE
It seems to be in the blood...
whatever administration they elect, goes down the same deadly path.
Kiwi Riverman