Georgia: Communities opposing Khadori-3 HPP met with rubber bullets and tear gas
Résumé
Date indiquée: 21 Avr 2019
Lieu: Géorgie
Entreprises
Alazani Energy LLC - UnknownProjets
Khadori-3 HPP - UnknownConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 24
Communauté: ( 24 - Lieu inconnu - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported ) , Ecosystem: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Intimidation et menaces , Blessures , Détention arbitraire , Coups et violence , Complicité , Manifestations , Accès à l'eau , Pollution des eaux , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment , Impacts sur les moyens de subsistanceType de source: 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.