State of emergency in Haiti: “The Haitian government has not taken the measure of the disaster”. Schools and banks remain closed and life slowed down in Port-au-Prince, after a weekend during which gangs attacked two prisons.

The government has declared a state of emergency and a curfew to bring order to the metropolitan region, which is largely controlled by gangs. Lawyer Marie Rosy Auguste Ducena from the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RNDDH) answers questions from RFI.