Georgia: Communities opposing Khadori-3 HPP met with rubber bullets and tear gas
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 21 Abr 2019
Ubicación: Georgia
Empresas
Alazani Energy LLC - UnknownProyectos
Khadori-3 HPP - UnknownAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 24
Comunidad: ( 24 - Ubicación desconocida - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported ) , Ecosystem: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported )Temas
Intimidación y Amenazas , Lesiones/Heridas , Detenciones arbitrarias , Golpizas y violencia , Complicidad , Protestas , Acceso al agua , Contaminación del agua , Medio ambiente limpio, sano y sostenible , Impacto a los medios de vidaTipo de fuente: 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.