are then turned out to live on the street. Increasingly, paid middlemen act as recruiters to place children with host families, and it is becoming more common to place children with strangers. Children often have no way to get back in touch with their families. Assassination of President Jovenel Moïse On 6 July 2021, President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti was killed, while his wife was injured in an abysmal attack at their residence. Reportedly, Haiti has been facing human rights and political crisis for many years. Amnesty International has now called on for immediate investigation. A UN report published in January 2021, found a pricking amplification in rights violations and abuses of the right to life during the 2018 and 2019 protests. The UN called on authorities to address “impunity, corruption, structural inequality and adequate standard of living in order to restore public confidence and prevent future unrests.” See also Internet censorship and surveillance in Haiti LGBT rights in Haiti List of massacres in Haiti References External links Hope for Haiti: Education and grassroots development in rural Haiti Censorship in Haiti – IFEX Annual Report 2006: Haiti Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Bureau des Avocats Internationaux / Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) Law of Haiti Society of Haiti Government of Haiti