Historical Organization
Zall-Gjoçaj community
Zall-Gjoçaj community
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Organization Timeline
Zall-Gjoçaj residents confront work on the dam site
📅 26 October 2019Residents from Zall-Gjoçaj and surrounding villages gathered near the water source to stop construction work on a hydropower project. They said the source was essential for farming and daily life...
Zall-Gjoçaj residents plan continued resistance with EcoAlbania
📅 23 January 2020Residents from four Mat villages met in Kamza with EcoAlbania to discuss opposition to two hydropower projects inside the protected area. Residents described a resistance tent at the planned water...
Zall-Gjoçaj residents protest dams in Tirana despite lockdown
📅 24 June 2020Residents traveled from Mat to Tirana’s Pyramid Square to protest hydropower construction inside their protected area, despite COVID restrictions on gatherings. They framed the protest as a last...
Zall-Gjoçaj residents stage a symbolic protest beside the threatened river
📅 24 October 2020Residents and activists organized a symbolic protest near the Flim and Urakë rivers as dam works advanced. A community performance of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People turned art into...
Zall-Gjoçaj residents protest outside the Administrative Court of Appeal
📅 30 June 2021Residents demonstrated in Tirana and asked the court to set a hearing date on their challenge to the Seka hydropower plant. They argued that construction threatened the protected ecosystem and their...
Zall-Gjoçaj residents protest dam despite a court suspension
📅 15 January 2022Residents returned to the dam site after an appellate court had suspended the Zais plant’s license, saying the company continued to challenge the order. They used signs on the dam wall and public...