Twenty-six Turkish civilians who were peacefully protesting the meeting were shot at with rubber bullets, arrested, and held overnight before being released.
Dominated by multinational corporations like Veolia and Suez, international financial institutions like the World Bank, and governments, it is run by an unelected body, the World Water Council (WWC), which charges exorbitant entry fees and goes further to silence opposition by nefarious means. The WWF, like the World Economic Forum, is a virtual country club.
The opening day of the World Water Forum (WWF) in Istanbul was emblematic of the undemocratic and unaccountable nature of the WWF.
