When Children Are Recruited by Gangs
By La Rédaction · Port-au-Prince
· 1 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
Translated from French — AI-assisted and reviewed by the editorial team. The French version is authoritative. Read the original · About our translation policy

In a report published earlier this week, Amnesty International reveals an unhealthy use of children in the country.
“Recruitment, attacks, and sexual violence” are the methods used by bandits in their criminal enterprise, which constitutes “human rights violations.”
The NGO lists kidnappings, rapes, and sexual assaults among the acts of violence perpetrated against children in this array of abuses. In its investigation, it speaks of more than a million children living in areas of lost territories.
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