Informations sur des atrocités près de Mozambique LNG : des ONGs demandent une enquête

NGOs are demanding an international investigation into reports that Mozambican security forces committed massacres, torture, and sexual violence near the Mozambique LNG project site between July and September 2021. The statement highlights TotalEnergies' controversial relationship with the Mozambican military and calls on financial institutions to cease their support for the project due to severe human rights and environmental risks.

• Reports indicate that between July and September 2021, Mozambican troops detained 180 to 250 men in metal containers at the entrance of the Mozambique LNG project site, where they suffered starvation, beatings, and torture; only 26 are reported to have survived. Women were also subjected to repeated sexual assaults and humiliations.
• The security forces allegedly involved in these atrocities operated from within TotalEnergies' premises, using a makeshift guardhouse as a base for detention and execution operations, with a commanding officer stating his mission was to protect the project.
• TotalEnergies has a history of providing material and financial compensation to the Mozambican army's Joint Task Force (JTF) for security, a relationship that a 2023 report suggested could make the company a party to the conflict under the Geneva Convention.
• The project faces legal challenges, including a 2023 complaint from victims' families accusing TotalEnergies of failing to protect subcontractors and failing to provide fuel for helicopters to evacuate civilians during the March and April 2021 attacks on Palma.
• Financial institutions, including Société Générale, Crédit Agricole, and financial arms of the US, Italy, Netherlands, and UK, continue to support the project despite warnings regarding human rights violations, regional security threats, and climate impacts.

APA

Martin, L. (2024). Informations sur des atrocités près de Mozambique LNG : des ONGs demandent une enquête. Reclaim Finance. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2024/09/26/informations-sur-des-atrocites-pres-de-mozambique-lng-des-ongs-demandent-une-enquete/

Chicago

Martin, Léo. Informations sur des atrocités près de Mozambique LNG : des ONGs demandent une enquête. Reclaim Finance, 2024. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2024/09/26/informations-sur-des-atrocites-pres-de-mozambique-lng-des-ongs-demandent-une-enquete/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{martin2024informations, author = {Martin, Léo}, title = {{Informations sur des atrocités près de Mozambique LNG : des ONGs demandent une enquête}}, publisher = {Reclaim Finance}, year = {2024}, month = sep, url = {https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2024/09/26/informations-sur-des-atrocites-pres-de-mozambique-lng-des-ongs-demandent-une-enquete/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }