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Growing gang violence is devastating Haitians, with major crime at a new high, UN envoy says_我的网站
一 | UNITED NATIONS -- Growing gang violence in Haiti is devastating the lives of its people, with major crimes rising to a new high, the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nations said Monday.Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N. Security Council that every day sees gangs engaging in killings, sexual violence including collective rapes and mutilation, and kidnapping. She pointed to last week's incident in which gang members dressed as police officers kidnapped the secretary general of the High Transitional Council, which is responsible for ensuring that long-delayed elections are held.Salvador said the security crisis is even more complex because vigilante groups that have taken to fighting the gangs are still active. Between April 24 and Sept. 30, she said, the U.N. political mission “registered the lynching of at least 395 alleged gang members across all 10 departments of Haiti by the so called `Bwa Kale’ vigilante movement.”Catherine Russell, head of the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF, echoed Salvador, telling the council: “The crisis in Haiti grows worse by the day.”An estimated 2 million people, including 1.6 million women and children, live in areas under gang control, she said, and children are getting killed and injured in crossfire, some on the way to school. “Others are being forcibly recruited or they are joining armed groups out of sheer desperation,” Russell said.She said half of Haiti’s population, including 3 million children, need aid — and half of those in need aren’t getting it because of insecurity and a lack of funding. So far, this year, she said, the U.N. has received barely 25% of the $720 million it needs for humanitarian needs in the country.Since 2022, Russell said, UNICEF has seen “an unprecedented 30% increase in the number of Haitian children suffering from severe wasting” — to more than 115,000. Severe wasting is the most lethal type of malnutrition, in which food is so lacking that a child’s immune system is compromised, according to UNICEF.“The malnutrition crisis coincides with an ongoing cholera outbreak — in which nearly half of the more than suspected cases are children under 14,” Russell added. Salvador stressed “the enormous significance” of the Security Council’s Oct. 2 approval of a resolution authorizing a multinational force led by Kenya to deploy in Haiti to help combat gangs. Kenya’s Cabinet gave its approval Oct. 13, but its Parliament still must sign off.U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a report to the council circulated Monday welcomed Kenya’s offer and thanked Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas and Jamaica for publicly committing to contributing personnel to the mission.The council’s approval came nearly a year after Haiti’s prime minister called for the immediate deployment of an armed force, in hopes it could quell gang violence and restore security so Haiti can hold elections. Haiti lost its last democratically elected institution in January, when the terms of 10 remaining senators expired, leaving not a single lawmaker in the House or Senate. Since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been governing with the backing of the international community.Salvador told the council she continues to engage with a wide range of Haitians, “encouraging their full commitment to national dialogue efforts to get onto a path to elections to fully re-establish democratic institutions and the rule of law.”But, she said, “significant differences persist, all of which are critical to placing Haiti on a clear path to elections,” adding that “the efforts towards elections are not moving at a desired pace.”。 “中国船员疑抵泰国后失联被绑至缅甸”一事近日持续引发关注。1月6日，距离最后一次联系到弟弟小宇（化名）已经过去10天，来自河南商丘的李女士称，据当地警方调查以及向郑州新郑机场确认，2024年12月26日晚，小宇从郑州新郑机场登机，乘坐泰国皇雀航空DD3137次航班飞往泰国曼谷，于当地时间2024年12月27日凌晨2时许落地曼谷廊曼机场。不久后，小宇便失踪了，手机关机、微信不回，至今仍未能取得联系。
二 | 李女士介绍，弟弟小宇今年23岁，是一名海船水手，这一次离家是因为有出海任务。小宇的相关证件信息。图源：中国海事局官网李女士说，这一次小宇出发也比较匆忙，没有具体告知去哪，只说等老板订好票就走，“甚至没有带什么行李，只拿了一身衣服和船上的工作服。”小宇落地泰国后，李女士还特意询问他这次出发为何没有带上厚衣服，小宇语音回复说：“穿不住（到），这地方热。” 这条语音也成了小宇发给李女士的最后一条消息，之后就一直失联。李女士与小宇的聊天记录。受访者供图2024年12月30日晚，一名陌生男子主动加微信联系李女士，向她发来小宇的照片和一段小宇被殴打的视频，“对方说我弟已经被绑到了缅甸，要我们支付10万元赎人，不然一辈子都别想见到我弟弟了。”李女士这才意识到事情的严重性，当天夜里就赶到派出所报警。陌生男子向李女士发来疑似小宇遭绑架的图片。
三 | 受访者供图李女士怀疑，弟弟极有可能是被他人骗出国的。在该陌生男子与李女士的聊天记录中，他曾发来小宇的一张照片，上面附有泰文字样的文字信息。李女士通过翻译软件查询看到，拍摄时间显示为2024年12月27日，地点则为泰国湄索县——泰缅边境附近，“我弟弟就是在这一天之后开始失联的，不确定他人是不是已经到了缅甸境内被控制。”李女士还透露称，在后续的聊天中，陌生男子多次提到了“人在缅甸”“KK园区”等信息。陌生男子与李女士的聊天记录。受访者供图目前，该事件有了最新进展。李女士已经拿到商丘市公安局睢阳分局出具的《立案决定书》，警方表示将针对李女士被敲诈勒索案展开进一步侦查。商丘市公安局睢阳分局出具的《立案决定书》。受访者供图李女士透露，接下来她将考虑前往泰国求助中国大使馆的帮助， “我之前从来没出过国，刚去办了护照，准备买机票去泰国。”来源：新民晚报、封面新闻报料、维权通道：应用市场下载“晨视频”客户端，搜索“报料”一键直达；或微信添加报料客服：xxcbcsp；或拨打热线0731-85571188。如需内容合作，请拨打政企服务专席19176699651。
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