2026 World Cup Qualifiers

Having been gathering since Thursday, May 29th, the Grenadiers held their first training session on Saturday, May 31st, in preparation for the first match against Aruba on June 7th.

The Horror of Detention in Police Stations

Overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, infectious diseases, and prolonged arbitrary detentions : the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) denounces the illegal transformation of several police stations into veritable prison centers. The NGO demands urgent action to guarantee the dignity and fundamental rights of citizens deprived of their liberty and subjected to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. Download the RNDDH report (PDF in French): https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/5-RapM-Commissariat-et-Sous-Commissariat-30Mai2025.FR_.pdf

ONI announces 4 CIN Production Centers

Reynold Guerrier, Director General of the National Identification Office (ONI), announced that for the rapid production of the National Identity Card (CIN), currently produced only in Port-au-Prince, the ONI will soon open four card printing centers (Cap-Haitien, Saint-Marc, Les Cayes, and New York). Cap-Haitien will be the first city to have its own CIN production center.

Sport : Saint Victor Park Safer

Saint Victor Sports Park has become safer and more accessible thanks to the installation of 16 solar streetlights and the repair of the security fence. Led by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), this project strengthens trust between local authorities and citizens, with the support of UN Peacebuilding.

General Hospital, Partially Relocated

The basic services of the general hospital will be temporarily relocated to Canapé-Vert, announced Presidential Advisor Louis Gérald Gilles without giving a date...

USA : A Restrictive Bill for the State Department

A group of U.S. Senators, led by Rick Scott (R) and supported by elected officials from different parties, introduced the Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act. This bill aims to require the State Department to document links between gangs, political elites, and economic actors in Haiti. The goal is to impose targeted sanctions to combat the instability that has led to the exodus of more than a million Haitians, according to the senators.

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