UN to probe deaths at Haiti jail
Updated on 23 May 2010
The United Nations is investigating the shooting of dozens of prisoners during a jail riot in the chaotic days after Haiti's earthquake, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission has confirmed.
The official commented after The New York Times posted a story on its website reporting the riot and suspected killings by police, and said there were indications that Haitian officials were covering up what happened in the town of Les Cayes.
"As far as we're concerned there was a major human rights violation in that prison," UN spokesman David Wimhurst said after the newspaper's story was released.
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