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  Probe International asks Canadian government to provide legal aid to Three Gorges dam victims
  February 13, 2008
   
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Probe International is urging the Canadian government to set up a legal aid fund for the dam's victims. Many of the people displaced by the dam were not given adequate compensation for their losses — others were even jailed or beaten for exposing corrupt officials.

 

 

Full letter here

Government response here

PI's response here

 
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