Spoil BP's Baku-Ceyhan pipeline launch party - 5pm Friday May 26 2006

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/05/2007 - 16:33
Spoil BP's Baku-Ceyhan pipeline launch party - 5pm Friday May 26 2006

called by Baku Ceyhan Campaign & London Rising Tide

BP’s oil pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey is due to come onstream
this May 27. Construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project has already
severely disrupted the environment and the lives of local people for the last 3
years. Now, affected communities face the constant threat of leaks and
intimidation from security forces. Meanwhile, BTC will accelerate climate
chaos, pumping 1 million barrels of crude oil EVERY day for the next forty years.

The BTC pipeline props up authoritarianism in Azerbaijan, has rendered numerous
Georgian homes uninhabitable and polluted water supplies, while leading to
imprisonment and torture of critics by the Turkish state.

Local communities fear that when the oil starts flowing, we’ll forget about
them. Prove them wrong!

WHEN: Friday 26 May 2006, 5-6pm – HOURS before the pipeline comes onstream!

WHERE: BP HQ, 1 St James Square, London, SW1Y 4PD (Piccadilly Tube)

WHO: Called by the Baku Ceyhan Campaign and London Rising Tide

www.londonrisingtide.org.uk
www.baku.org.uk

Photo: Pipes lie ready for burial in Georgia

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