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South African rights-activist Setshedi, explains women's experience in the struggle against the commercialization of water, at the Alternative Water Forum in ıstanbul.

Senior adviser to the president of the UN General Assembly, Maude Barlow criticizes the World Water Forum as corporations dominate it. "Right to water is a human right" says Barlow and urges for public control over water management.

Police uses force against activists protesting the Forum which begins in Istanbul today. NGOs and rights activists demand an end to the comodification of water and introduction of social policies.

A water tribunal, bringing together activists and experts from around the world begins in Istanbul. Turkey's Greens co-chair Dr. Şahin explains the threat of an ecological disaster in Tunceli, in case planned dam projects realize.

Politicians and financiers of dam projects, which violate people's right to water will be tried by activists on 10 and 11 March. The tribunal aims at formulating rights-based solutions to existing problems.