Ninety-six civil society organizations sent the following letter on August 26, 2025, to the leaders of the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security asking for immediate action to stop the flow of illegal weapons from the United States to Haiti.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 33 other faith and civil society organizations in a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris requesting protections for Haiti and Haitians, namely ending the mass deportation of Haitians, stemming the flow of guns to Haiti, sanctions against the specific individuals responsible for human rights abuses, and encouraging…
More than 40 organizations working for peace and justice in Haiti came to Washington, DC for Haiti Advocacy Days. The following article was published in the November-December 2024 issue of NewsNotes. More than 40 organizations working for peace and justice in Haiti came to Washington, DC for Haiti Advocacy Days on September 25-26 to meet…
The security expedition in Haiti faces uphill battle against well-armed gangs.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a group of 18 faith and human rights organizations in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlining areas of concern with the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti, specifically: that it support the development of Haitian democracy and autonomy; that it clearly state a priority for the protection of Haitian lives; and that there be concrete, public mechanisms for accountability.
Jake Johnston offers analysis of the launch of the Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti.
Gangs continue to exert power in Haiti as a transitional government takes office, and the United States blocks the path of migrants fleeing the violence while failing to stop the flow of illegal weapons to the Caribbean nation.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined Haitian Bridge Alliance and 480+ Immigration, Human Rights, Faith-Based, and Civil Rights Organizations in Sending a Letter to President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Mayorkas Urging the Extension and Redesignation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and a Moratorium on Deportations.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Quixote Center, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, and the Religious of Jesus and Mary issued a joint statement on the deteriorating situation in Haiti. All four of these organizations have a presence in the rural community of Gros Morne, north of the capital city of Port-au-Prince.
Gang violence in Haiti is made possible by an illicit supply of arms the island nation does not have the capacity to prevent. Congress can address this with the U.S.-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2023.
Experts on social justice in Haiti offer six alternatives to international military intervention as the struggling Caribbean nation sinks deeper into economic and political crisis.
Maryknoll lay missioner Jill Foster writes from Haiti about the deteriorating living conditions as the Caribbean country struggles with growing gang violence and organized crime.
The United States should not support any particular party or sector or demand that Haitians take a particular path towards democracy. A stable and just Haiti – which is in the interest of Haitians and the US government alike – requires that Haitians lead and own their democratic process.
We call on President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas to halt all removals to Haiti immediately. The humanitarian crisis in Haiti continues to worsen. The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights stated in May that, “Armed violence has reached unimaginable and intolerable levels in Haiti.”
Civil society leaders say repeating the mistakes of the past will not solve Haiti’s sociopolitical crisis today.
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 55 other faith-based organizations in sending the following letter to the U.S. State Department urging them to support Haiti’s process for free and fair elections.
Since February 7, protests have erupted across Haiti over allegedly misappropriated government funds and a massive devaluation of the Haitian currency, the gourde.
The following action alert was published in the May-June 2017 issue of NewsNotes.
