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Article

3 Apr 2003

Author:
International Rivers Network and Friends of the Earth International

NGOs Decry Human Rights Crisis at Three Gorges Project as Reservoir Starts Filling

The reservoir of the controversial Three Gorges Dam in China’s Yangtze Valley will start filling on April 10, aggravating already serious human rights problems in the resettlement areas. A new report documents that the resettlement problems of this publicly funded dam have not been resolved, and that project construction is linked to systematic human rights violations.