Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has joined forces with environmentalists and minority groups with an appeal for a rethink of a large dam project. Suu Kyi urged the Myanmar and Chinese governments to re-examine the project on the Irrawaddy River […]
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Global Protests Against Burmese Military Actions At Dams
By Katy Yan and Grace Mang Cross-posted from here Kachins protest at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco Last Friday, hundreds of people in the US, Denmark, United Kingdom, Malaysia, and elsewhere gathered to protest the recent deadly clashes between Burmese authorities and […]
Continue readingChina: Thousands of displaced farmers in 5 day protest over hydroelectric dam
Chinese paramilitary police crushed a five-day protest by up to 2,000 Chinese villagers who complained that they weren’t being paid enough to relocate for one of China’s largest hydroelectric power projects, according to local officials. The villagers set roadblocks, physically harassed officials […]
Continue readingThe Terraba fight proposed hydro-electric dam in Costa Rica
Following several large protests, Costa Rica’s indigenous Terraba people have filed a lawsuit seeking to halt construction of a hydro-electric power station due to flood a large swath of their territory, officials said Wednesday. The power plant is the biggest such project […]
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