... Not one of the financial backers of the highly controversial Mozambique LNG project has agreed to publicly call for an independent international investigation into an alleged massacre of civilians, reportedly committed near TotalEnergies’ premises in mid-2021 by Mozambican public security forces.

Today a coalition of 126 Mozambican and international civil society organisations (1) released a letter, sent last December to the 31 financial institutions (2) involved in the Mozambique LNG project. The letter includes critical new information on the risks associated with the project and outlines key demands…

The coalition specifically asks for financial institutions to support the call (3) for an urgent independent international investigation into an alleged massacre of civilians, reportedly committed near TotalEnergies’ Afungi premises between July and September 2021 by public security forces claiming to be in charge of protecting the gas site..

Since mid-October 2024, Mozambique has experienced “an unprecedented level of public protests on a daily basis” nation-wide, ignited by allegations of electoral fraud and the brutal assassinations of two senior opposition figures…

The letter to financial institutions provides detail on resettlement violations affecting hundreds of families that remain unresolved. Over 1,300 complaints have been received by local civil society organisation Justiça Ambiental. None of the financial institutions commented on these circumstances either…