Guatemalans mine protestors shot
Two unidentified gunmen on a motorbike shoot an activist protesting the impacts of mining on water quality and local water rights.
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At least three deaths and dozens of injuries are reported during protests over land and water given away for a power plant in Sompeta in Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Water disputes between Iran and Afghanistan escalate
Disputes over water between Iran and Afghanistan are escalating. One Afghan newspaper, Weesa, suggests that Iran blocked the transport of fuel oil to Afghanistan in 2010 as a means to put more pressure on the country over water. An Iranian editorial calls for bolder action by the Foreign Ministry and states that any aid to Afghanistan should be linked to “Iran’s rights to water.” In 2011, Mullah Dadullah, a Taliban commander captured in southwestern Afghanistan by Afghan authorities, claims to…
Israel impedes water supply to new West Bank development
The construction and completion of a billion-dollar new middle-class Palestinian city of Rawabi in the West Bank is slowed and delayed for years while the Israeli government withholds access to basic water supplies. The delay is due, in part, to a larger dispute over the actions of the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee. In March 2015, the supply of water to Rawabi is finally approved. However, the supply is only sufficient for the 640 families that currently live there; far less…
Severe flooding strengthens militant groups in Pakistan
Militant groups in Pakistan take advantage of severe flooding to reorganize and gain political power. Military resources in the country have been diverted to humanitarian relief efforts.
Injuries and a death are reported during protests over water contamination from gold mining near Lake Conococha in Peru
Communities concerned with water contamination of Lake Conococha, both a water source and cultural icon, are met with violence from local police forces as they protest gold mining in the region. At least one person is reported dead and four others injured from the interaction.
Solomon Islands women attacked while fetching water
Amnesty International reports that women in the slums of the Solomon Islands must walk over a kilometer to fetch clean water and are “continually harassed, attacked, and raped.” A survey shows that 92 percent of households do not have a tap in their home, and that local water sources are often polluted, forcing women to walk through areas which are unsafe.
Yemen damages citizens’ water tanks during uprising
Violence in Yemen’s capital Sana’a leads to “acute water and power shortages, forcing residents to rely on power generators and buy water extracted from wells and sold on a thriving black market.” The violence arose during the Yemeni uprising that occurred during the Arab Spring protests across the Middle East. During the violence, government soldiers shelled neighborhoods and destroyed many rooftop water tanks.
Israel destroys Palestinians’ water pumps and wells
Israel’s military destroys nine water tanks in the Bedouin village of Amniyr in the South Hebron Hills, in the West Bank, Palestine. Later, soldiers destroy pumps and wells in the Jordan Valley villages of Al-Nasriyah, Al-Aqrabiyah, and Beit Hassan.
Israeli settlers destroy wells in attack on West Bank village
Israelis from nearby settlements attack Qasra, a West Bank village of 6,000, destroying crops and a water well. Attackers previously burned down a mosque and damaged hundreds of olive trees.