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Bangladesh declares its rivers 'legal persons'

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CTV (Canada)

Publication Date
2019-07-03

Bangladesh's high court has granted the country's rivers the rights and status of "living entities" in a bid to save them from encroachment, a lawyer said Tuesday.

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/bangladesh-declares-its-rivers-legal-persons-1.4490552