* Critics say restaveks are child slaves * Tradition deeply ingrained in culture of former colony * Children freely given by parents to life of servitude By Jim Loney PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 18 (Reuters) ...

The nonprofit working to end child slavery in Haiti says its still working to locate all children it serves The nonprofit working to end child slavery in Haiti says its still working to locate all ...

The massive 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Aug. 14 claimed more than 2,000 lives and escalated the humanitarian crisis already facing one of the hemisphere's most deeply troubled ...

Restavek is a form of modern-day slavery that is estimated to affect 300,000 (approximately 1 in 10) children in Haiti. The word is derived from the French and Creole term reste avec, which translates ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Dec 4 (TrustLaw) - Dayana Denois was always the last to go to bed and the first to wake up. By dawn, she had washed the dishes and clothes, cleaned and swept the floor and emptied the ...

Even as 10 Americans were charged Thursday with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti, aid agencies said the primary risk facing Haitian children comes from a generations-old practice ...

MIAMI — The teen slept on a rolled-up mattress on the dining room floor and bathed in the backyard with a garden hose. For six years, she washed dishes, made beds and cooked for a family that beat her ...

The UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Gulnara Shahinian, expressed deep concern last week over the highly exploitative nature of the 'restavek' system in Haiti, which she ...