Georgia: Communities opposing Khadori-3 HPP met with rubber bullets and tear gas
Resumo
Data informada: 21 Abr 2019
Localização: Geórgia
Empresas
Alazani Energy LLC - UnknownProjetos
Khadori-3 HPP - UnknownAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 24
Comunidade: ( 24 - Localização desconhecida - Setor desconhecido , Gender not reported ) , Ecosystem: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida - Setor desconhecido , Gender not reported )Temas
Intimidação e Ameaças , Danos , Prisão Arbitrária , Espancamento e Violência , Cumplicidade , Protestos , Acesso à Água , Water pollution , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment , Impacts on LivelihoodsTipo de fonte: 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.