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Rapport

19 déc 2024

By Friends of the Earth Mozambique, Friends of the Earth France, Reclaim Finance, BankTrack, Urgewald, Friends of the Earth Japan, ReCommon, Friends of the Earth Netherlands, Friends of the Earth Europe, Friends of the Earth United States, and Solutions for Our Climate

Open letter: Urgent call to withdraw financial support for TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project

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…This letter is a follow-up to our letter of a year ago ... in which we outlined why your financial involvement in the TotalEnergies Mozambique LNG project should be reconsidered. Many of the issues and impacts we raised remain unresolved or have worsened.

One year later, regional security and democratic processes in Mozambique have deteriorated, the project was reportedly associated with severe human rights violations, and the Afungi communities whose lives have been disrupted were forced to demonstrate at the gates of the TotalEnergies Afungi site against resettlement violations…

In late September, Politico published an article in which it reported on an alleged massacre of civilians, which was allegedly committed near TotalEnergies' Afungi premises in mid 2021 by public security forces…

In a momentous show of courage, the Afungi communities exercised their constitutional right to express their discontent with the gas company's behaviour regarding the occupation of their lands and compensation payments and agreements. For two weeks in November 2024, villagers, driven by their frustration and desperation, gathered at the Mozambique LNG project from early light, taking direct action in obstructing the entrances. TotalEnergies eventually entered into negotiations with two of the communities, but there is no indication of whether it intends to reach resolution with all affected communities…

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