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Security Agents Harass Lesotho Man Who Attended Dam–Affected Peoples Conference

Police Confiscate Documents Belonging to LHWP Critic Maseru: Three agents of Lesothos National Security Service (NSS) have repeatedly harassed Mr....
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Companies Charged with Corruption on Lesotho Dams

Ten companies and two consortia were summoned to appear in the Maseru Magistrates’ Court in Lesotho on November 29 on...
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Companies Charged with Corruption Should Be Suspended From World Bank Contracts

Dam-building companies charged with corruption in a Lesotho court should be suspended from receiving World Bank contracts while they are...
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Bribery Taints World Bank–Funded Lesotho Water Project

A dozen major international dam-building companies involved in the World Bank-funded Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) have lavishly bribed at...
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Japanese PM Urged to Toughen Standards for Development Super–Agency

NGOs also demand withdrawal from Filipino dam An international appeal was delivered to the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Keizo Obuchi,...
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Japanese Ex–Im Bank Approves $302 Million Loan for Private Dam in Philippines

Funding decided despite opposition of local government, residents and NGOs, incomplete Environmental Impact Assessment On 27 October the Export-Import Bank...
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Tribespeople Invited to "Comment" on Dam Feasibility Study

A massive feasibility study on the Epupa Dam, proposed for the Kunene River in northern Namibia, will be presented to...
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ADB's Dam-Building Record "Seriously Deficient"

A report released today by International Rivers documents the Asian Development Bank’s dam-building activities in the Mekong watershed. The report,...
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Narmada Bachao Andolan, India Berne Declaration, Switzerland

Independent Commission to Review World’s Dams Dam critics and proponents have agreed to work together to establish a top-level commission...