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    In Georgia, protests against dams precede development bank meetings

    Protests have in recent weeks broken out across rural Georgia after construction resumed on several large dam projects. At the sites of the Shuakhevi, Nenskra and the Dariali hydropower plants, demonstrators have complained that the projects were decided behind closed doors,

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    Growing solidarity with local communities in Georgia puts Khudoni dam in spotlight

    • Dato Chipashvili

    Protests against the Khudoni mega-dam in Georgia are spreading beyond the local communities affected by the dam. We recently reported how local opposition against the Khudoni hydropower plant project in Georgia is being stifled by government figures and how people were intimidated to avoid negative reporting on the subject.