The preliminary hearing in the case involving the Mozambican writer took place today. Paulina Chiziane and his team, composed of Eduardo Salmo and Mario Vieira, against three members of Divine Hope Church.
During the session, it was decided that the case will proceed to trial, as confirmed by the author herself. "Today we had the preliminary hearing and the case will indeed go to trial," declared Paulina Chiziane after the hearing.
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In statements to the media, the author of Niketche The first Mozambican woman to win the Camões Prize, she offered a powerful reflection on the theme of freedom and religious manipulation. "There's one thing I'd like people to know: I've always said that the new colonization will come in the form of religion. Not religion, but in the form of religion," she stated.
The writer also highlighted the importance of maintaining a critical perspective on certain religious practices and discourses that, according to her, can mask forms of spiritual and social domination and exploitation.
The case will now proceed to the trial phase, where evidence will be presented and the parties involved will be heard. Meanwhile, Paulina Chiziane's firm stance reinforces her role as one of the most attentive and critical voices in the Mozambican cultural and social landscape.
