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Chad-Cameroon pipeline: New report accuses oil companies and governments of secretly contracting out of human rights
The $US 4.2billion Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline risks freezing human rights protection for decades to come for the thousands of people who live in its path, says Amnesty International...The report finds that the legal agreements governing the project place a ‘price tag’ on human rights by creating financial disincentives for the governments of Chad and Cameroon to protect human rights. [pipeline consortium comprises ExxonMobil, Chevron, Petronas]