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Elder Lister
The leftist captured EU is waging war against Uganda's Oil exploitation initiative. Africa should not utilize her resources, they should remain green i.e. living like animals in the forest, so that they have a very small 'carbon footprint'.
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HRW accuses Uganda of crackdown on activists protesting oil project
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Ugandan authorities of harassing, arresting and beating activists and demonstrators protesting a major East African oil project led by French giant TotalEnergies.
The $10-billion project by TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation to develop oilfields in Uganda has been hailed by President Yoweri Museveni as an economic boon but has run into opposition from rights activists and environmental groups.
It is facing legal action in France, and the European Parliament has raised concerns over the wrongful imprisonment of environmental activists and the eviction of people from their land without adequate compensation.
The project involves drilling around 400 oil wells in Murchison Falls National Park, the largest protected area in Uganda, and shipping crude along a 1,445-kilometre (900-mile) pipeline to the Tanzanian port of Tanga.
TotalEnergies says those displaced by the project have been fairly compensated and measures have been taken to protect the environment.
HRW interviewed 31 people in Uganda and Tanzania between March and September 2023, including 21 activists, many of whom said they had faced a barrage of threats, harassment and arrests without charge.
HRW in July urged a halt to the project, warning of dire consequences for the environment and local communities.
But Museveni has vowed to proceed with the project.
HRW accuses Uganda of crackdown on activists protesting oil project
The $10-billion project by TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation to develop oilfields in Uganda has been hailed by President Yoweri Museveni as an economic boon but has run into opposition from rights activists and environmental groups.
www.citizen.digital
HRW accuses Uganda of crackdown on activists protesting oil project
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Ugandan authorities of harassing, arresting and beating activists and demonstrators protesting a major East African oil project led by French giant TotalEnergies.
The $10-billion project by TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation to develop oilfields in Uganda has been hailed by President Yoweri Museveni as an economic boon but has run into opposition from rights activists and environmental groups.
It is facing legal action in France, and the European Parliament has raised concerns over the wrongful imprisonment of environmental activists and the eviction of people from their land without adequate compensation.
The project involves drilling around 400 oil wells in Murchison Falls National Park, the largest protected area in Uganda, and shipping crude along a 1,445-kilometre (900-mile) pipeline to the Tanzanian port of Tanga.
TotalEnergies says those displaced by the project have been fairly compensated and measures have been taken to protect the environment.
HRW interviewed 31 people in Uganda and Tanzania between March and September 2023, including 21 activists, many of whom said they had faced a barrage of threats, harassment and arrests without charge.
HRW in July urged a halt to the project, warning of dire consequences for the environment and local communities.
But Museveni has vowed to proceed with the project.
