Cambodia: China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Dam is a Rights Disaster

A large-scale, Chinese-financed hydroelectric dam in northeastern Cambodia, completed in 2018, has undermined the lives and livelihoods of thousands of Indigenous and ethnic minority people, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Lower Sesan 2 dam, one of Asia’s widest dams, flooded large areas upstream of the confluence of the Sesan and Srepok Rivers, two tributaries of the Mekong River.

Read the full article: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/10/cambodia-chinas-belt-and-road-dam-rights-disaster

Further reading:

https://www.ft.com/content/731211dd-bd9a-4a07-8bf1-f46fe88fc8a5

https://www.rt.com/news/531661-cambodia-china-dam-human-rights/

https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/chinese-funded-hydropower-dam-cambodia-rights-disa/

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/dam-08132021191857.html

https://4fag.com/cambodia-s-chinese-financed-dam-violated-rights-of-thousands-of-indigenous-people-report-40230.html

https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/china-and-cambodia-urged-rethink-dam-compensation-packages

https://www.then24.com/2021/08/12/hrw-report-chinese-funded-dam-in-cambodia-violates-the-rights-of-thousands-of-indigenous-peoples/

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2021/08/10/China-financed-Cambodia-dam-destroyed-livelihoods-of-tens-of-thousands-Report

https://www.ucanews.com/news/compensation-review-urged-for-people-displaced-by-cambodian-dam/93641#

https://www.visiontimes.com/2021/08/14/chinese-built-dam-in-cambodia-creates-a-human-rights-disaster.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/11/china-belt-and-road-dam-a-rights-disaster-for-cambodia-report