Haiti human rights group suspends operations after threats

FILE PHOTO: People fleeing gang violence take shelter at a sports arena, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 1, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

(Reuters) - Haiti's Center for Human Rights Analysis and Research (CARDH) is provisionally suspending its work due to imminent danger to its staff, its executive director said on Thursday, as gang wars escalate in parts of the capital Port-au-Prince.

Gedeon Jean, who heads the 16-person operation, said a co-worker who had been kidnapped on Oct. 29 and freed on Nov. 17 had warned that the group that kidnapped him was targeting the organization, whose work was "disturbing" certain sectors.