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Gena Heraty, an Irish missionary and orphanage director in Haiti, was kidnapped along with others from an orphanage near Port-au-Prince, prompting international concern and ongoing negotiations for her safe release amid a backdrop of widespread gang violence in the region.
Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child, are missing after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, amid ongoing gang violence and previous kidnappings of foreigners. Authorities are working to relocate children and staff, with no group claiming responsibility yet. The incident highlights the dangerous security situation in Haiti, especially in areas controlled by armed gangs.
Nine people, including Irish missionary Gena Heraty and a three-year-old child, were kidnapped from Sainte-Hélène orphanage in Haiti's Port-au-Prince area by armed attackers, amid ongoing gang violence and political instability in the country.
Eight people, including Irish missionary Gena Heraty and a three-year-old, are missing after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, amid ongoing gang violence and kidnappings in the region. The attack highlights the escalating security crisis in Haiti, with authorities working to relocate children and staff, and no group claiming responsibility yet. The situation remains dire, with increased displacement and violence since the assassination of Haiti's former president.
Nine people, including Irish missionary Gena Heraty and a child, were kidnapped from a Haiti orphanage by gang members, amid ongoing violence and instability in the country. Ireland is actively working to secure their release, with no ransom demands made. The kidnapping highlights the severe security challenges in Haiti, where gang violence has displaced thousands and controls large parts of Port-au-Prince.
Pastor David Wine, director of an orphanage in Haiti, expresses deep concern for the safety of the 67 children and 15 caretakers in his care amid escalating violence and gang activity in the country. The recent breakout of 4,000 inmates from the National Penitentiary and the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse have further exacerbated the situation. Wine has taken measures to enhance security at the orphanage, including installing 18 security cameras, but faces challenges due to shortages of fuel and food caused by gangs blocking the ports. The White House is monitoring the deteriorating security situation in Haiti.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has evacuated 280 children from a Khartoum orphanage affected by heavy combat in Sudan's capital. The children, who have had no access to proper healthcare since fighting broke out on April 15, were transferred to the custody of the Sudanese ministry of social development. The orphanage had housed about 400 children before the conflict started, and dozens of babies had died there since the war began due to dehydration and malnutrition. UNICEF is calling for US$838 million to address the crisis, with almost 14 million children in urgent need of lifesaving humanitarian support in Sudan.
At least 60 children have died in an orphanage in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, over the past six weeks due to lack of food and fever amid fighting outside. The orphanage houses 341 children, including 165 infants between the ages of one and six months. The situation was particularly harrowing in the first three weeks of the conflict when fighting was heaviest. More than 860 civilians, including at least 190 children, have been killed and thousands of others wounded in the conflict. Over 13.6 million children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan.
The father of a Russian girl who was sent to an orphanage after drawing an antiwar sketch at school has been extradited from Belarus back to Russia and faces two years in prison. Alexei Moskalyov was charged over social media posts criticizing the war in Ukraine and was convicted of discrediting the Russian military. His daughter's drawing depicted missiles flying over a Russian flag at a woman and child with the words "No to war" and "Glory to Ukraine." The Kremlin has been cracking down on dissent, targeting anyone who criticizes the war.
A Russian girl who was sent to an orphanage after drawing an anti-war picture has been collected by her mother who has not lived with the family for at least seven years. The girl's father was convicted of discrediting the armed forces and given a two-year jail term, leaving his daughter Maria, or Masha in the diminutive, in the hands of the state as her mother had lost all contact with her daughter. Children's Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova said she had spoken to the girl and to her mother, named Olga.
A Russian girl who was sent to an orphanage after drawing an anti-war picture, for which her father was convicted for discrediting the armed forces, has been collected by her mother who has not lived with the family for at least seven years. Just hours before a court was due to hold a hearing over the parental rights of the girl's father, Russia's children's rights commissioner said that she had spoken to the girl's mother who had collected her from social care.
A Russian girl who was sent to an orphanage after drawing an antiwar sketch at school has been taken home by her mother. The girl's father was convicted of discrediting the Russian military and handed a two-year prison term, while her mother had long been separated from her husband and child. The father fled house arrest just before his sentencing hearing last week and was detained in Belarus two days later. The case has drawn international outrage and has been declared as a political prisoner by Memorial, one of Russia's oldest and most prominent rights groups.
Russian officials seized 48 children from the Kherson Children's Home in Ukraine during the city's occupation, after the staff had hidden them in a church basement to keep them safe from the fighting. The Russians widely advertised the move and used it for propaganda purposes. The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights, saying they were criminally responsible for the "unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation."
The "City of Goodness" in Ukraine has become a safe haven for around 200 children who have lost their parents or been separated from their families amid the war, thanks to American donations. The facility, founded three years ago as a refuge for women and children escaping domestic abuse, has transformed into an orphanage since the war broke out. The donations have been transformative, allowing the facility to build two new buildings and a bomb shelter to keep the children safe from Russia's relentless aerial attacks. The organization's goal is to find new, permanent homes for all 200 orphaned children at the facility.