StopEACOP Uganda
@stopeacopug
A student movement active in 32 Universities across East Africa fighting for a Fossil Free Planet through civil disobedience. We envision a critical mass.
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https://www.stopeacopuganda.com/ 11-10-2022 09:43:22
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EACOP project-affected persons wanted to urgently appeal to the @EACOP & PAU_Uganda for action against the ongoing violations of human and environmental rights within the affected and host communities. #StopEACOP
Update: Iโm out of jail and Iโm still the youngest old person in America (b OTD 1959). My testimony: Iโve been researching climate change since Reagan was president. If at this point bankers arenโt listening to the data theyโll have to listen to my body standing in their way.
20 StopEACOP Uganda protesters have been charged and remanded to Luzira prison until September 3 on charges of common nuisance. Luzira prison has spent over 10 days without piped water which has put activists and inmates at risk of contracting diseases caused by poor sanitation, the
"We need a just transition framework to underwrite the cost of the transition away from plastics, in terms of jobs, alternative technologies, & alternative Industries in the Global South." Listen to Fadhel Kaboub ูุงุถู ูุงุจูุจ discuss the importance of a #PlasticsTreaty with BBC News (World).
โSustainability is a problem of power relations and we must get involved in politics because it is the space for transformation.โ Powerful La Silla Vacรญa piece on #FossilFuelTreaty champion Susana Muhamad and her journey as Colombia's environment minister. ๐
Human rights defenders shouldnโt be imprisoned for peaceful protest. These 21 Ugandan activists arrested last week are fighting for their communities and the planet, release them now. ๐๏ธโ ๏ธ๐๏ธ #FreeThe20 .Uganda Police Force #StopEACOP
#FreeThe20 activists unjustly detained for peacefully protesting against the harmful #EACOP project. Holding human rights defenders in maximum security prison is an outrage! We stand with them! โ Uganda Police Force #StopEACOP #FreeThe20 Jail the Polluters!