Tanzania: Stop the Maasai evictions
To the President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan, Cabinet Ministers and Conservation Authorities in Tanzania:
As citizens from around the world, we call on you to oppose any attempt to evict Maasai from their traditional land or require them to relocate to make way for foreign hunters.
We are counting on you to be a champion for your people and stop any attempt to change their land rights against their will.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan wants to empty Maasai homeland for luxury safaris and trophy hunting in Tanzania - Add your name to amplify this call to stop all Maasai evictions:
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To the President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan, Cabinet Ministers and Conservation Authorities in Tanzania:
We are counting on you to be a champion for your people and stop any attempt to change their land rights against their will. "
We are Maasai elders from Northern Tanzania. Any day now tens of thousands of our community could be forced off our ancestral lands to make way for elite tourism, trophy hunting and carbon trading.
We urgently need your support.
Years ago when we faced these threats, more than 2 million Avaaz members rallied behind our call! Together, we created such a storm that the former President promised never to evict us from our lands.
But now, the gross eviction plans are being revived! President Samia Suluhu Hassan may not listen to us, but we know she’ll respond to media and public pressure – to all of you!
Join us now – and share this campaign far and wide to show her the world stands with the Maasai!
- Maasai elders of Tanzania with Avaaz
P.S. The image used is not connected to the Maasai elders in Tanzania sending this appeal, in the interests of their security and safety.
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