Local officials reported 813 confirmed deaths, though the toll was expected to rise. Homes were reduced to rubble, and hospitals are overwhelmed.
Tag: United Nations
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Russia Bids to Rejoin U.N. Human Rights Council
The vote scheduled for Tuesday in the U.N. General Assembly could be close, in part because of Russia’s support among some countries of the global south.
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They’ve Been Stateless for 10 Years. Now Many Are Facing Deportation.
Ten years after a court order ruled that children of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic were not entitled to citizenship, many live in fear of arrest or expulsion.
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Stateless Dominicans Live in Fear of Deportation
Ten years after a court order ruled that children of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic were not entitled to citizenship, many live in fear of arrest or expulsion.
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Kenyan Police, Heading to Haiti, Have History of Brutality
Police officers from Kenya are being dispatched to bring order to gang-ravaged Haiti, but in their own home country, they have been accused of brutality.