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https://greenalt.org/app/uploads/2016/03/DSC_0082-e1458639147960-2.jpg500332Protests against the Khudoni mega-dam in Georgia are spreading beyond the local communities affected by the dam. We recently reported how local opposition against the Khudoni hydropower plant project in Georgia is being stifled by government figures and how people were intimidated to avoid negative reporting on the subject.