Georgia: Communities opposing Khadori-3 HPP met with rubber bullets and tear gas
Summary
Date Reported: 21 Apr 2019
Location: Georgia
Companies
Alazani Energy LLC - UnknownProjects
Khadori-3 HPP - UnknownAffected
Total individuals affected: 24
Community: ( 24 - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported ) , Ecosystem: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Intimidation , Injuries , Protection from arbitrary arrest, detention or exile , Violence , Complicity , Protests , Access to Water , Water pollution , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment , Impacts on LivelihoodsSource type: News outlet
Georgian riot police deploy rubber bullets and tear gas in Pankisi hydropower protest, 21 April 2019
Riot police have deployed rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters in northeast Georgia’s Pankisi Valley after local residents tried to prevent the resumption of work on a hydropower plant in the valley.
Seventeen local residents and 38 police officers required medical attention following clashes between riot police and protesters, a police statement reads. According to the statement, as of Sunday evening, 23 police remained hospitalised.
Several hundred inhabitants of the valley, which has a majority Kist population, gathered after construction work on the Khadori 3 hydropower plant (HPP) in the village of Birkiani resumed on Sunday.