2014 Message from JA! / Friends of the Earth Mozambique

A 2014 statement from JA! / Friends of the Earth Mozambique detailing the deterioration of civil society space, human rights violations, and government repression in Mozambique during 2013.

• The organization reports a significant decline in the space for civil society and a lack of transparent dialogue with the government starting in 2012 and worsening through 2013.
• Mozambique experienced an increase in human rights violations, land grabbing, and the destruction of natural resources by corporations, while the legal system failed to address these injustices.
• JA! / Friends of the Earth Mozambique and allied NGOs focused their efforts on opposing the ProSavana land-grabbing initiative, supporting subsistence farmers, assisting communities displaced by coal mining in Tete province, and fighting REDD projects and land-grabbing by Wambao agriculture.
• On 31 October 2013, over 30,000 citizens participated in a peace march in Maputo and other cities, including Beira, Pemba, Quelimane, and Nampula, to protest war, corruption, and government governance.
• The Mozambican government initiated criminal proceedings in December 2013 against academic Carlos Nuno Castel-Branco and media outlets Canal de Moçambique and Mediafax for publishing an open letter criticizing President Armando Guebuza.

APA

Lemos, A. (2014). 2014 Message from JA! / Friends of the Earth Mozambique. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/2014-message-from-ja-friends-of-the-earth-mozambique/

Chicago

Lemos, Anabela. 2014 Message from JA! / Friends of the Earth Mozambique. Friends of the Earth International, 2014. https://www.foei.org/2014-message-from-ja-friends-of-the-earth-mozambique/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{lemos20142014, author = {Lemos, Anabela}, title = {{2014 Message from JA! / Friends of the Earth Mozambique}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2014}, month = jan, url = {https://www.foei.org/2014-message-from-ja-friends-of-the-earth-mozambique/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }