Three men carrying handguns and
machetes attacked the office of the Haitian LGBT rights group Kouraj
last week.
Amnesty International said Wednesday
that the office was ransacked and two of the group's members were
beaten.
“The office of Haitian LGBTI
(lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) rights
organization Kouraj was attacked by armed men who assaulted two
members of the organization, ransacked the premises and stole
sensitive personal information,” Amnesty International said in a
statement. “Kouraj activists are also receiving homophobic
telephone threats since then.”
According to the AP, the attackers
stole two laptops which contain information about the group's
members.
Anti-gay sentiment runs high in Haiti,
where over the summer more
than 1,000 protesters threatened to burn down Parliament if gay
marriage is legalized in the Caribbean nation.