Read a text description of this video Uganda "Nsubuga", Farmer This is where the pipeline will pass.I am very worried because it is so close to my house and I don't know what will happen. Narration All along the route of the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), the echoes of communities voicing the same concerns. If built, the 1,443 kilometer pipeline would link the Tilenga and Kingfisher oil fields in western Uganda to the Tanzanian coast. Diana Nabiruma, Africa Institute of Energy Governance There is a lot of resistance against the EACOP because the Tilenga, Kingfisher, and EACOP oil projects are bad for people, are bad for nature, and are bad for climate change. Maxwell Atuhura, Environmental Activist I object the pipeline because it has displaced thousands and thousands of people without enabling them to regain their land elsewhere. Narration TotalEnergies and the Chinese company CNOOC acquired the rights to develop the oil fields along with Ugandan and Ta
Oil Pipeline Protests Stifled in Uganda miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 22-page report, “‘Working On Oil is Forbidden’: Crackdown Against Environmental Defenders in Uganda” documents the Ugandan government’s restrictions on freedom of expression, association, and assembly related to oil development, including the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Civil society organizations and environmental defenders regularly report being harassed and intimidated, unlawfully detained, or arbitrarily arrested.
Environmental defenders and anti-fossil fuel activists in Uganda routinely face arbitrary arrests, harassment, and threats for raising concerns over a planned oil pipeline in East Africa.