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Building the tallest dam in the world and displacing 60,000 people in one of the world's most repressive countries is a recipe for disaster.
Last week we joined the #SpotlightOnCentralAsia podcast to speak about the #Rogun dam in #Tajikistan, listen here👇 bit.ly/3PFTrVO
The numbers are not adding up at #Tajikistan’s signature infrastructure project, the #Rogun Dam. Audit of the project’s financial statements has found a $540 million accounting gap and has determined that electricity-production operations at the work-in-progress facility are losing money.
2/ A year earlier, UWEC used the example of the #Rogun HPP to explain in detail how the #war in #Ukraine is pushing the #EU to support questionable megaprojects: uwecworkgroup.info/%D0%B0-la-gu...
1/‼️ On November 4, 2025, the international coalition Rogun Alert (including @ceebankwatch.bsky.social, @re-course.org & more NGOs) published a report on the unfair resettlement of people due to the construction of the #Rogun hydropower plant in #Tajikistan
🔗 Read more: rogun.exposed/pdf/2025_Res...
In #Tajikistan, a World Bank-led consortium is funding the #Rogun dam — a project that risks displacing 60,000+ people & causing lasting environmental harm.
A new analysis reveals serious flaws in the #resettlement plan, find out more👇 rightsindevelopment.org/news/rogun-d...
The #WorldBank appears to be pulling back from involvement in the construction of the #Rogun Dam in #Tajikistan. According to regional media reports, the bank has paused project funding until Tajik authorities develop a plan to responsibly repay construction-related debts.
The World Bank is under fire over allegations of malfeasance in financing the #Rogun Dam project in #Tajikistan. Specifically, bank officials are facing accusations that they failed to comply with procedures to account for potential environmental and socio-economic harms associated with the project.
Despite a preponderance of data on the high-level of financial and environmental risks, the #WorldBank has opted to become a major financial backer of the #Rogun hydropower dam project in #Tajikistan, approving an initial $350 million grant to help finish the first phase of construction ⬇️
You can read more about civil society's serious concerns about the #Rogun project here:
📃 Our new report #FinancingRepression: rightsindevelopment.org/financing-re...
This op-ed for @AJEnglish
bit.ly/AJoped
The Rogun exposed website:
rogun.exposed
Our December newsletter: bit.ly/Newsletter-1...
Providing millions of 💰 to an authoritarian regime to build the highest dam in the world - that risks displacing +60,000 ppl & having irreparable environmental impacts - doesn't seem like a great investment. Yet, yesterday the
@WorldBank approved the #Rogun hydro project in #Tajikistan.
Providing funding to a repressive regime to construct the world's highest dam is clearly a recipe for disaster.
Yet, today the #WorldBank will vote on the #Rogun dam in #Tajikistan, despite it risks displacing +60,000 ppl.
Read more in this op-ed for @aljazeera.com 👇https://bit.ly/AJoped
1/🗓On December 17 the World Bank is set to vote on financing the #Rogun mega dam project in #Tajikistan.
More about this: uwecworkgroup.info/uk/%d0%b0-la...