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Human Rights Watch says country unable to protect citizens from killing and rape by armed gangs, and floats overseas peacekeepers

A human rights group urged the international community on Monday to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti as it detailed the brutal rapes and killings committed in the troubled nation's capital.

A human rights group has urged the international community to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti

Groups say move could worsen country’s security crisis given police force’s poor human rights record

People in Haiti express doubts over potential multinational force but say country can’t fight gangs on its own.

Haitians are expressing skepticism over an offer by Kenya to lead an international police force aimed at combatting the gang violence that has wracked the Caribbean nation

Support for foreign intervention in crisis-racked Haiti has grown, but civil society groups warn of past abuses.

Kidnapping and violent crimes are widespread, State Department says in latest travel advisory for Caribbean nation.

Last week, the United Nations Security Council, a body typically riven by substantive disagreements among its permanent member states, managed to come together on Haiti. The small, impoverished nation of 11.5 million has been in a desperate state even before its former president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated in his home…

Supporters of deploying a specialized international force to help Haiti’s police root out armed gangs that are terrorizing the country moved closer Wednesday to getting the support of Caribbean leaders.

The international armed force the United Nations is seeking to help Haiti dismantle the threat to its stability and secure the country for elections could consist of a mix of military and police units, but must have the muscle, assets and intelligence capabilities necessary to fight heavily armed kidnapping gangs.