幾內亞：水壩迫遷摧毀生計
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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.
（內羅畢）- 人權觀察在今天發表的報告中指出，幾內亞政府未能為因蘇阿皮蒂水電項目而被迫遷移居民提供適足土地、賠償和其他形式援助，對成千上萬人生計與糧食安全造成危害。該水電站屬於“一帶一路”項目之一，中國政府計劃以數兆美元投資近70國基礎設施，包括支持亞洲、非洲、拉丁美洲各國的大型水電項目。
這份63頁的報告，《「我們拋下了一切」：幾內亞蘇阿皮蒂水電站對被迫遷社群的影響》，記錄當地居民被迫遷移，離開祖傳居所與耕地，以致家庭溫飽、生計和尊嚴均陷入困境。