{"id":14535,"date":"2026-03-10T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14535"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:18:00","slug":"hundreds-killed-in-haiti-drone-strikes-including-60-civilians-report-human-rights-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14535","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds killed in Haiti drone strikes, including 60 civilians: Report | Human Rights News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Human Rights Watch says drone strikes by Haitian forces kill more than 1,200 people in and near Port-au-Prince since 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span 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<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2026\/03\/10\/haiti-drone-strikes-put-residents-at-risk\">report<\/a> found strikes from March 1, 2025, to January 21 in West Department, where Port-au-Prince is located, have killed 17 children and 43 adults not believed to be members of any criminal groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaitian authorities should urgently rein in the security forces and private contractors working for them before more children die,\u201d Juanita Goebertus, Americas director at HRW, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit said the number of drone attacks in Port-au-Prince, which is 90 percent controlled by gangs, has \u201csignificantly increased\u201d in recent months, with 57 reported from November to late January, almost double that of the 29 attacks reported from August through October<\/p>\n<p>HRW said its researchers analysed seven videos uploaded to social media or shared directly with the group that show quadcopter drones in action and geolocated four of them to Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe videos show the repeated use of drones equipped with explosives to attack vehicles and people, some of them armed, but none who appear to be engaged in violent acts or pose any imminent threat to life,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"there-are-innocent-people\">\u2018There are innocent people\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>HRW said it did not find widespread drone use among criminal groups.<\/p>\n<p>One of the attacks highlighted in the report occurred on September 20 in the Simon Pele neighbourhood, an impoverished community controlled by a gang of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>The drone attack killed nine people, including three children, and injured at least eight as the leader of the Simon Pele gang prepared to distribute gifts to children in the area.<\/p>\n<p>HRW quoted one unnamed resident as recalling how the explosion ripped both feet off a baby.<\/p>\n<p>Among those killed was a six-year-old girl whose unidentified mother was quoted as saying: \u201cIn the spaces where the gangs are, there are innocent people, people who raise their children, who follow normal paths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The families of those killed said the criminal group organised and controlled access to their funerals, according to Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti said it had no \u200cindications \u200cthe deaths and injuries were being investigated.<\/p>\n<p>HRW said there was no evidence drones were being used widely by gangs. The UN\u2019s high commissioner for human rights said in October that the drone strikes were disproportionate and likely unlawful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human Rights Watch says drone strikes by Haitian forces kill more than 1,200 people in and near Port-au-Prince since 2025. 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