Groups: UN must provide 'justice' for Haiti cholera victims

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AP Port-Au-Prine (Haiti)
Last Updated : Oct 14 2015 | 5:07 AM IST
International and Haitian human rights activists say the UN is failing to provide "justice" for the people of this impoverished Caribbean nation five years after a deadly cholera epidemic.
In a statement yesterday, Amnesty International said the UN should properly investigate the epidemic's impact and provide a plan to help victims. Similar calls were made by human rights lawyers and victims in Port-au-Prince.
Scientific papers have suggested there is ample evidence to show that UN peacekeepers from Nepal inadvertently brought cholera to Haiti in October 2010. That was about 10 months after an earthquake devastated the country.
Cholera has since killed roughly 9,000 Haitians and sickened hundreds of thousands more.
A US judge ruled this year that the UN is immune from a lawsuit seeking compensation for victims.
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First Published: Oct 14 2015 | 5:07 AM IST