UN rights chief urges special forces deployment to Haiti
By DW
19 February 2023 |
4:58 pm
Volker Türk said he feared that the turmoil in Haiti was not getting "the urgent spotlight" it needed. The Caribbean nation has been mired in turmoil, with armed gangs controlling large parts of the capital.
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