Lancet study: 4,000 political murders in Haiti estimated under coup regime

The Lancet has just published a unique and potentially ground-breaking study by two Wayne State University researchers, "Human rights abuse and other criminal violations in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: a random survey of households."
The researchers, Athena Kolbe and Dr. Royce Huston, were interviewed today on Democracy Now!

A related news release by the Canada Haiti Action Network (CHAN), denounced  "Canadian complicity" with these human rights violations.

You can read the entire Lancet study here.

From the Lancet press release:

"The results showed human rights abuses were frequent occurrences. The estimates suggest
about 8000 individuals (around 12 per day) were murdered during the period, and sexual
assault was common, especially against children, with the data suggesting 35 000 women
and girls were raped in the greater Port-au-Prince area. Criminals, the Haitian National Police,
and UN peacekeepers were frequently identified as perpetrators."

"The authors conclude: "The frequency of human-rights violations, and especially the
prevalence of sexual violence against women, demands a serious and thorough response
from the international community, the new Haitian government, and non-governmental
organisations working in the region. The new administration should take steps to stop any
ongoing human-rights abuses through various domestic and international systems."