On 27 August 2007 the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Miloon Kothari, issued...[a] statement on the Merowe dam in Sudan...[The] Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited the three companies to respond...[links to: Alstom, Lahmeyer responses; Harbin has not responded. Also provided: links to "Comments on Lahmeyer's response from Ali Askouri, Leadership Office of Hamdab Affected People, and members of the Executive Committee of the Manasir communities affected by the Merowe Dam, Sudan (13 Sep 2007)"; and to "Lahmeyer's response to Ali Askouri & others (19 Sep 2007)"]