Belt and Road dam in Cambodia branded a ‘disaster’ for local communities

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Report says Chinese-funded projects threaten a food crisis in the Mekong river delta

 

A Chinese-financed dam in Cambodia, part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, has been a human rights “disaster” for indigenous and ethnic minority communities, according to a report published on Tuesday.

Human Rights Watch claims the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 dam at the confluence of two tributaries of the Mekong, “washed away the livelihoods” of communities that relied on fishing, forest-gathering and farming when the areas upstream were flooded.

“The Lower Sesan 2 dam has profoundly harmed local communities, leaving them poorer and worse off,” the advocacy group said.

 

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Mekong River Commission may be interested if permitted.

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Human life  and human rights figure very little in the Chinese Government! They have their agenda and don't care what, or who, they damage to achieve it.