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發表於: The Diplomat
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汽車工業與新疆強迫勞動關係密切

Jim Wormington

Senior Researcher and Advocate

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The government of Guinea is constructing a massive dam on the Konkouré river to produce electricity.

The dam is part of the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s trillion dollar investment in infrastructure worldwide.

Yasmin Dagne – Human Rights Watch:

The Souapiti Hydro Electric dam will flood a vast zone home to dozens of villages, all of which must be relocated. And thousands of hectors of farmland will also be destroyed.

The dam is displacing 16,000 people

We spoke to residents of Konkouré before they were relocated.

Thierno Babagalé Bah:

I was born here. It was my ancestors who founded this village. We’re going to leave a lot of things behind, like our plantations. We leave it for the development of Guinea.

Fatoumata Barry:

If we had the choice, we wouldn’t leave. But since the government tells us we will be relocated, we have to do it. Otherwise, we’d have liked to be buried on our land, next to our parents.

By October 2019, flood waters had reached Konkouré and the village was relocated.

Communities are resettled in new homes surrounding the dam’s reservoir.

But many people have lost the farmland and grazing fields they relied on for food.

Boubacar Bah:

We were brought here but they didn’t show us where to farm. So how will we farm? We can’t farm. How can the government help us?

The government has promised to help farmers adapt and find new income sources but so far communities have seen little support.

Yasmin Dagne – Human Rights Watch:

The government of Guinea is happy to talk up the benefits that Souapiti’s electricity will bring, but the government can and should do more to ensure that the project does not harm the communities most affected by it.