Deal #9498
Myanmar
Created at
2022-06-23
Last update
2023-03-10
Last full update
2023-03-10
Presence of land conflicts
Presence of land conflicts
Yes
Comment on presence of land conflicts
Since the project’s beginnings in the early 1990s, it has been marred by serious and widespread human rights abuses committed by pipeline security forces on behalf of the companies, including forced labor, land confiscation, forced relocation, rape, torture, murder. Many of these abuses continue today.
Displacement of people
Displacement of people
Yes
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation, Socio-economic, Cultural loss, Eviction, Displacement, Violence
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
Local communiteis have been forced into labor, evicted from homes and threatened. There's a documentary called "Total Denial" which highlights the controversy surounding the Yadana Pipeline construction for over 30 years.
Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
EarthRights International collected information from villagers that they are forced into labor