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Five Killed at Protest of Chinese-Financed Power Plant in Bangladesh

Five Killed at Protest of Chinese-Financed Power Plant in Bangladesh 19 Apr 2021 Police opened fire on a crowd of protesting workers at the construction site of a Chinese-financed power plant in southeastern Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding dozens more. The police said they were defending themselves against violent protesters who tried to destroy the construction site. “The agitating laborers set fire to vehicles and other machineries on the site. When policemen on duty tried to control the violence, the protesters surrounded them and attacked them with bricks and stones. Police were caught in a situation like a siege and were forced to respond with gunfire,” said senior officer Anwar Hossain of the Chittagong city police force.

350 org, YouthNet issue joint statement protesting killings of power plant workers in Banshkhali

350.org, YouthNet issue joint statement protesting killings of power plant workers in Banshkhali Star Digital Report Star Digital Report Environmental groups YouthNet for Climate Justice and 350.org issued a joint statement protesting the deaths of five coal power plant workers in Banshkhali for demanding due wages and workers rights. They were shot and killed at the construction site of Banshkhali coal powerplant, also known as the Chittagong or Chattogram power station, financed by the Chinese-owned Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation III (SEPCOIII) and Bangladesh-based S Alam group, the statement read. As a young climate justice activist in this country, I am utterly horrified and saddened by the killings of these workers. They expressed their democratic rights to protest for workers rights and their own unpaid wages - but paid with their lives. There must be an investigation into these killings, and the workers sit

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