kidnappings

Some 30 doctors have been kidnapped in Haiti since January 2022

Published on: March 8, 2023
08:29

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Port-au-Prince, Mar 8 (Prensa Latina) At least 30 doctors have been kidnapped from January 2022 to date, the Haitian Medical Association denounced, and called for concrete actions from the authorities to stop the phenomenon.

Hospital attacked in Nigeria, dozens kidnaped

Published on: October 19, 2022
11:48

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Abuja, Oct 19 (Prensa Latina) The assault on a hospital in Nigeria at dusk on Tuesday by unknown gunmen left a toll of two dead and about 20 kidnapped, according to unconfirmed local media reports.

Former FARC-EP leaders to admit responsibility for kidnappings

Published on: June 21, 2022
12:37

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Bogota, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) President of the Comunes Party, Rodrigo Londoño, on Tuesday said that the members of the secretariat of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) will publicly acknowledge their responsibility for the crime of kidnapping. .

Haitian hospital condemns kidnapping of doctor

Published on: May 20, 2022
13:12

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Port-au-Prince, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Haiti's State University Hospital, the largest of its kind in this country, on Friday condemned the kidnapping of doctor Jacques Pierre-Pierre and called for his immediate release.

Israeli ministry admits involvement in kidnapping Yemeni children

Published on: December 9, 2021
08:22

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Tel Aviv, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli Ministry of Health admitted its participation in the kidnapping of hundreds of Yemeni Jewish children handed over to other families in the 1950s, the Haaretz newspaper revealed.

Party leader says Haitian Prime Minister must resign over insecurity

Published on: October 14, 2021
14:23

By: Prensa Latina

Port-au-Prince, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the Pitit Dessalines party, Moïse Jean Charles, on Thursday said that Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry must resign if he cannot restore security. Jean Charles stressed that the prime minister will have to form a new Electoral Council and improve the living conditions of the hundreds of thousands of victims of the August 14 earthquake, or he will have to resign, he told Magiko.

Haitian trade unions to go on strike against insecurity

Published on: September 30, 2021
13:41

By: Prensa Latina

Port-au-Prince, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) The transportation and subcontracting trade unions said on Thursday that they will go on strike against kidnappings, the fuel crisis and what they consider the bad handling of the deportation of migrants from the United States.

Iran brands US governments as murderers

Published on: July 17, 2021
11:20

By: Prensa Latina

Tehran, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) Iran branded successive US governments as murderers, which has been long orchestrated attacks on other nations, the HispanTV website reported.

Kidnappings in Haiti increase threefold in a month

Published on: May 5, 2021
12:15

By: Prensa Latina

Port-au-Prince, May 5 (Prensa Latina) Haiti's Center for Analysis and Research in Human Rights reported 91 kidnappings in April, more than three times compared to the previous month, according to a report disclosed on Wednesday.

New government, same crisis in Haiti

Published on: April 17, 2021
12:05

By: Prensa Latina

Port-au-Prince, (Prensa Latina) Haiti has a new acting prime minister, the sixth one appointed since Jovenel Moïse's inauguration in February, 2017, and the fourth without being ratified by the National Assembly, all this amid the escalation of the political crisis and insecurity in the country.

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