60 Years of Mining in Q’eqchi’ Territories
INCO / Skye Resources / Hudbay Minerals / Solway Investment Group


Canadian mining companies - INCO, Skye Resources, Hudbay Minerals - controlled a huge swath of Mayan Q’eqchi’ territories in eastern Guatemala, from the early 1960s (soon after the US-orchestrated coup of 1954 brought to power a military-backed ‘open-for-global-business’ regime) to 2011 when Hudbay sold its interests to the Swiss-based Solway Investment Group.

Repeatedly over the years, communities have suffered forced evictions and destruction of homes; killings, rapes, shootings; criminalization of community defenders; health and environmental harms.

As part of Rights Action’s work in support of the community defense struggles of the Q’eqchi’ people, there are also precedent setting lawsuits in Guatemala and Canada, seeking justice for some of the repression linked to Hudbay Minerals and Skye Resources.

Skye Resources

2004 November 07 - Canadian mining companies - supported by the Canadian embassy in Guatemala - push ahead with renewed nickel mining interests, despite local Maya-Q’eqchi’ and national opposition

2005 July 29 - Canadian Sky Resources mining company meeting community based opposition; Reuters articles by J. Daniel

2005 August 15 - Open letter, Mayan communities make formal complaints against the Canadian Skye Resources

2005 September 08 - AEPDI Press Release, “Q’eqchi’ Mayan Communities to Protest Against Skye Resources Nickel Mine Project in Guatemala”

2005 September 18 - Hundreds of Q’eqchi’ Mayans Protest Skye Resources Nickel Exploration License

2005 October 02 - Urgent Action - Recent repression possibly related to opposition to harmful mining operations of Skye Resources Inc.

2006 April 03 - ILO investigating complaint against Canadian Skye Resources mining company operation

2006 May 07 - Infopress Article, “Guatemala: Uncovering the Truth Behind Glamis Gold/Montana’s Tax Exemptions”

2006 June 26 - Local Indigenous, Enviro- and Development Organizations Continue to Oppose Advances of the Canadian Skye Resources

2006 July 12 - Reuters News Services Article, “Central America Mining Curbed by Local Opposition”

2006 September 19 - Mayan Q’eqchi’ people occupying Skye Resources and reports of mining companies set to purchase Skye Resources

2006 September 23 - More Mining Problems - Article by M. Rey Rosa and Article by A. Buncombe of the Independent

2006 October 04 - Open Letter to Skye Resources Mining Company

2006 November 14 - Eyewitness report on violent and illegal evictions of Mayan Q’eqchi’ families and Globe and Mail Article about BHP Billiton Sky Resources buy out

2006 November 19 - Urgent Situation - Report by Defensoria Q’eqchi’

2006 December 04 - “Skye Resources Nickel Mining, Mayan-Q’eqchi’ People & The Cycles of Landlessness, Poverty & Repression”, by G. Russell

2007 January 04 - Skye Resources Orders Christmas Eviction

2007 January 11 - Skye Resources Participates in Illegal Forced Evictions Against Impoverished Mayan-Q’eqchi’ Peoples

2007 January 15 - Video clip of evictions; photo essays on evictions; V. Henderson Article on Canada Pension Plan Investments

2007 January 18 - Updated information from AEPDI

2007 January 29 - Open Letter by Victoria Henderson to Ian Austin, CEO of Skye Resources

2007 February 06 - Open Letter by Dawn Paley to Ian Austin, CEO of Skye Resources

2007 February 28 - Who is the real paid actor?

2007 March 04 - Open Letter by Dawn Paley to Ian Austin

2007 March 23 - “Mining Misery: Guatemala Is One of Many Countries That Has Attracted the Investment of Canadian Mining Companies - But At What Cost to Its People?”, Article by M. Amuchastegui

2007 April 18 - Open Letter to Ian Austin

2007 May 16 - Call for Participation in the Vancouver BC Area

2007 August 01 - Urgent Action - New Eviction Order this Month for Indigenous Q’eqchi’ Communities Affected by Skye Resources

2007 August 30 - “Recuperating The Land That Belongs To Us”, Article by S. Cuffe

2008 February 04 - Letter Writing Needed - Congressman blames local Mayan-Q’eqchi’ populations for problems Skye Resources has with its mining project in El Estor, Guatemala

2008 September 04 - “Hudbay Diversifies Into Nickel With Syke Merger”, The Northern Miner Article by T. Saywell

Hudbay Minerals / Solway Investment Group

2009 March 02 - Chipping Away At Global Impunity - “Canadian Mining Firm Financed Violence In Ecuador: Lawsuit TMX Group Denies Claim”, Article by J. Moore

2009 September 28 - Hudbay Minerals (Canadian Mining Company) Linked To One & Possibly Two Deadly Shootings (At Least 20 More Injured), On September 27 & 28

2009 October 18 - Mining & The Death of a Mayan Teacher - Hudbay Minerals/CGN Security Forces Kill Adolfo Ich, A Mayan Teacher, Apparently Targeted For His Defense of Indigenous And Human Rights

2009 November 10 - Guatemala: Mining, Repression & Impunity North and South - Series of Articles as Follow-Up to the Deadly Shootings

2009 December 16 - 40 Year Nickel Mining Nightmare Continues - Photo Essay, Business News Americas Article

2010 April 14 - “The Second Killing of Pablo Bac: Deafened by Canadian Silence & Impunity in Nickel Mining Related Struggle in Guatemala”, by G. Russell

2010 April 17 - “Paradise Lost: Are Canadian Mining Companies Giving Us A Bad Reputation Abroad”, CTV Episode

2010 April 28 - Schnoor V. Canada

2010 May 27 - “Gang Rapes, Forced Evictions & The Endless Nightmare of Nickel Mining in Guatemala”, Article by G. Russell

2010 June 14 - “Undermining Guate”, Spoken Word by R. Small

2010 June 17 - Schnoor V. Canada: A Press Release From Steven Schnoor and His Lawyers

2010 June 28 - Hudbay Minerals Sends Drilling Teams, Illegally, Onto The ‘Lote 8’ Mayan-Q’eqchi’ Community: A Tense and Harsh Situation Continues”, by G. Russell

2010 July 05 - Formal Human Rights Violation Complaint To The Canadian Government

2010 October 19 - Updated Human Rights Complaint to the Canadian Government Concerning Nickel Mining in Guatemala

2010 December 02 - Choc V. Hudbay: Mayan Widow V. Canadian Mining Company

2010 December 06 - Media Coverage - CBC coverage, CBC interview, Mining Watch Canada Release

2010 December 08 - Precedent-setting Lawsuit in Canada Against Nickel Mining Giant

2011 February 08 - “A Mayan-Q’eqchi’ Community is Re-Filling the Empty Spaces With Courage & Dignity… & Fear of More Repression on Behalf of a Canadian Nickel Company”, By G. Russell

2011 February 14 - Choc V. Hudbay - Hudbay Seeks to Have Lawsuit, Regarding the Killing of Adolfo Ich, Heard in Guatemala’s Troubled Legal System That is Almost Completely Characterized by Impunity

2011 February 18 - Guatemalan Widow’s Lawsuit Against Hudbay Could be Precedent Setting”, Mining Weekly Article by M. Hill

2011 March 28 - “Mayan Women Victims of Gang Rapes Announce Lawsuit Against Canadian Mining Company Hudbay Minerals”, Press Release from Klippensteins Law Firm

2011 April 01 - Media Coverage on Lawsuit Across Canada

2011 April 05 - Hudbay Minerals Response to the Filing of the Gang-Rape Lawsuit

2011 April 21 - Indian Law Article, “Guatemala Court Makes Landmark Ruling in Indigenous Rights Case”

2011 April 30 - Global Mining Companies & Impunity in Canada and USA - Related Press Release, Article & Documentary

2011 June 13 - Open Letter to the bc-IMC and the CPP Concerning Pension Fund Investments in Hudbay Minerals

2011 June 14 - WATCH 4- Minute Youtube Report - “Testimony of ROsa Elbira: Gang-Rapes at a Canadian-Owned Mine in Guatemala”

2011 July 19 - Seeking Justice for Canadian Mining Company Related Killing & Gang Rape in Guatemala

2011 August 10 - “Hudbay Minerals Sells Nickel Mine in Guatemala, Lawsuits in Canada Against Hudbay Minerals, Regarding Murder and Gang-Rapes, Will Continue”, Klippenstein Law Firm Press Release

2011 August 31 - The Struggle to End the Canadian Impunity of Mining Companies - Various Related Articles

2011 September 26 - CBC Radio Report, “Unfinished Business”

2011 October 18 - “Going Deeper Underground”, Corporate Knights Article by L. Bourgon

2011 November 16 - Fundraising Appeal: Health Needs & an Income-Generating Family Store for German Chub Choc

2011 December 06 - Freedom for Ramiro Choc, a Political Prisoner in Guatemalan Jails & Rally Information

2011 December 07 - Guatemalan Shooting Victim Announces Third Human Rights Lawsuit Against Hudbay Minerals

2012 January 19 - “In German’s Store, Discussing Long-Term Health And Wheelchairs,…and justice for victims of repression caused by mining companies”, by G. Russell

2012 February 08 - “Ontario Securities Commission Investigating Securities Fraud Related to Hudbay; Goldcorp Chairman Ian Telfer Also Named”, Toronto Star Article

2012 February 13 - 4 Years of Illegal Detention; Demand Freedom for Political Prisoner Ramiro Choc, a Mayan Q’eqchi’ Community Leader

2012 May 14 - Mining Manipulations - CBC “The Current” Radio Interview & Various Other Media

2012 June 12 - Letter: Hudbay Must Account for Legacy of Damage, Injury, Death and On-Going Suffering in Guatemala

2012 September 27 - “September 27 … A Day of Pain”, by Maria Magdalena Cuc Choc; Communique from Mayan Q’eqchi’ Territorial Defense Committee; Trailer: Defensora Documentary; Fundraising Appeal

2012 September 28 - September 29, 2012 - Day of Commemoration for Mayan Q’eqchi’ Victims of Canadian Niquel Mining in Guatemala

2012 November 02 - “Guatemalan Victims of Mining Repression Coming to Canada to Seek Justice in Court”, by G. Russell

2012 November 12 - Interview with Maria Cuc Choc

2012 November 23 - Canadian Mining on Trial; Guatemalan Victims of Mining Repression Arrive in Toronto

2012 November 26 - Public Presentation: Guatemalan Victims of Mining Repression in Toronto, Canada Seeking Justice Against Hudbay Minerals

2013 January 03 - “The Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits: Clashing World Views at the Legal Crossroads - ‘Avatar’ Movie Overlaps with a John Grisham Novel”, by G. Russell

2013 January 25 - Impunity Surrounding Killings of Students at CGN Nickel Mine Site - Letter to Canadian Ambassador to Guatemala

2013 February 25 - Breakthrough Regarding Legal Liability of Canadian Mining Corporations for Abuses Overseas

2013 February 28 - Public Event - Precedent-Setting Trials Continue Against Hudbay Minerals Nickel Mining Company for Harms and Violations Against Mayan-Q’eqchi’ People in Guatemala

2013 March 02 - Mayan Q’eqchi’ Plaintiffs Versus Hudbay Minerals - Press Release & Public Event Info

2013 March 04 - “Demandante De Hudbay Dice Que Es Dificil Que En Guatemala Se Haga Justicia”, Siglo 21 Article

2013 March 07 - Two Globe and Mail Articles by J. Gray and Ottawa Citizen Editorial Article on Hudbay Lawsuits

2013 May 06 - From Canadian/American clothing sweatshops in Bangladesh to Canadian/American mining and repression in Guatemala, victims of horrific abuses and repression seeking (some sort of) justice and accountability in North American courts

2013 July 03 - CTV News, “Manitoba First Nations Serve Eviction Notices to Mining Companies”

2013 July 22 - Precedent Setting Ruling in Canada Against Hudbay Minerals, for Indigenous Plaintiffs in Guatemala

2013 July 24 - Various Media Reports on Precedent Setting Ruling

2013 August 13 - A Big Step Towards Justice and Remedies for Mayan Q’eqchi’ Victims of Repression in Guatemala Linked to Hudbay Minerals

2013 August 21 - Letter concerning threats directed at Mayan Q’eqchi’ women, sent to Hubday, Media, Canadian & Guatemalan government officials, Investors, and Inter-American Commission of Human Rights

2013 September 04 - “Hudbay Won’t Appeal Ruling Brining Guatemala Case to Canada”, Globe and Mail Article by A. Posadzki

2013 October 02 - Radio Interview with G. Russell with C. Boylan on Coopradio.org

2013 October 14 - “The End of Impunity? Indigenous Guatemalans Bring Canadian Mining Company to Court”, Dominion Media Coop Article by A. Riahi

2013 October 24 - “Guatemalan Plaintiffs in Hudbay Lawsuit Allege Interference”, Globe and Mail Article by J. Fletcher

2013 November 14 - Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors Concern About Intimidations Against Mayan Q’eqchi’ Plaintiffs in Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits

2013 December 12 - Mayan Plaintiffs Choose a Jury Trial in Canada: Update on litigation against Hudbay Minerals regarding human rights abuse at its former mine in Guatemala

2013 December 16 - New Film, “Two Struggles for Justice:" Sexual Violence Against Mayan Q’eqchi’ Women in Guatemala”

2014 January 06 - 2014 Update: Hudbay Minerals versus Mayan Q’eqchi’ Plaintiffs of Guatemala

2014 February 04 - “Are Corporate Criminals Taking Leadership? Activists Infiltrate Mining Luncheon, Distribute a Dose of Reality”, Mining Injustice Solidarity Network Article

2014 February 16 - “Hudbay Minerals: Confronting a Corporate Criminal”, Alternatives Journal Article by R. Small & J. Jefferson

2014 March 02 - “Call for Solidarity as Criminal Trial Against Mynor Padilla, Former Head of Security for Hudbay Minerals/CGN, Begins in April”, Under-Mining blog article

2014 March 17 - Three More Murders Related to CGN, Co-defender - with Hudbay Minerals - in Three Civil Lawsuits in Canada, for Murder, Assault and Rapes

2014 March 24 - Sign-On Petition/Statement of Solidarity: Justice in Guatemala for murder and shooting by former head of security of Hudbay Minerals/Guatemala Niquel Company

2014 March 30 - Denouncing harassment and threats against Q’eqchi’ plaintiffs in Guatemala related to lawsuits in Canada against Hudbay Minerals and CGN

2014 April 07 - Press Release by Breaking the Silence and Mining Injustice Solidarity Network

2014 April 11 - Letter to Hudbay Minerals and CGN Concerning More Pressures and Harassment Related to “Hudbay Minerals” Lawsuits in Canada and Related Criminal Trial in Canada

2014 May 05 - Hudbay Minerals Annual Shareholder Meeting, Toronto, May 8th

2014 June 07 - Armed Guards from CGN Mining Company Illegally Enter Community of Lote 8"

2014 June 10 - Letter Writing & Phone Calls Needed - 50 Armed Security Guards Illegally Enter and Attack Villagers in Home of Community of Plaintiffs in Hudbay Minerals/CGN Lawsuits in Canada

2014 June 17 - Hudbay Minerals/CGN in Spotlight Again for Impunity and Repression

2014 July 14 - “Mining for the Truth in Guatemala: What Lawsuits Claiming Rape and Murder in a Guatemalan Jungle Mean for Canadian Companies Abroad”, Maclean’s Magazine Article

2014 July 22 - Alert in Guatemala: Accused Killer Mynor Padilla to be Released?

2014 July 26 - Central America’s Biggest Nickel Mine Reopens Amid Violent Clashes”, The Guardian Article by D. Hill

2014 August 13 - “Former Head of Security of Hudbay Minerals/CGN Tries to Obstruct Due Process in Guatemala, But is Not Released”

2014 August 22 - Letter to Hudbay Minerals and CGN: Stop the Harassment in Guatemala Concerning Mining Related Criminal and Civil Lawsuits

2014 August 28 - Justice Manipulated For CGN (Hudbay Minerals’ Co-Defendant In Canadian Civil Lawsuits) In Case of Murder of 3 University Students

2014 September 27 - On the fifth anniversary of the murder of Adolfo Ich, the shooting-paralyzing of German Chub and the wounding of at least seven other Mayan Qeqchi men by armed security guards working for Hudbay Minerals and CGN ...

2014 October 06 - Arizona Citizens Oppose Hudbay Minerals

2014 October 27 - Commemorating Victims of Mining Related Repression - Seeking Justice and Reparations

2014 November 22 - Public Letter From the Families of Nahomy, Juan Carlos & Angel

2014 December 03 - “Canada: Tort Liability at Home for Alleged Wrongs Abroad: the Common Law Goes Extraterritorial?”

2014 December 05 - New Film by L. Konforti, “No More Evictions! The Struggle for Indigenous Land in Post-War Guatemala”

2014 December 07 - “Rest In Peace, Lake Izabal”, Prensa Libre Article by M. Rey Rosa

2014 December 13 - “Canadian Mining Companies Face Lawsuits Over Foreign Activities”, The Financial Post Article by D. Hasselback

2015 January 12 - “Extracting Justice: Can Canadian Mining Companies Be Held Accountable For Alleged Human Rights Abuses in Guatemala?”, Article by M. Warren

2015 January 27 - Exhumations of Victims of Mining in Guatemala

2015 March 04 - “Faces of Resistance: Visiting the Mayan Q’eqchi’ People Making Law in Canada, for Canadians, Who Continue to Allow Canadian Companies to Act with Impunity and Virtual Immunity from Legal Accountability”, by G. Russell

2015 March 31 - Petition The Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Remove Hudbay Minerals from Canadian Museum of Human Rights

2015 April 13 - Murder Trial Against Hudbay Minerals’ Former Head of Security Continues

2015 April 23 - Hudbay Minerals’ Former Head of Security Defended by Lawyer of ex-General Efrain Rios Montt (Found Guilty of Genocide)

2015 April 26 - Everyone to Puerto Barrios: Support Mayan Q’eqchi’ people struggling for justice for the crimes of nickel mining

2015 May 12 - “Hudbay Hurts Us All” - MISN and Rights Action invitation to international forum and protest

2015 May 19 - Guatemalan Lawsuit Claimants Travel to Toronto to Respond in Person to Hudbay Minerals’ Denials, Deflection & PR Spin

2015 May 25 - Declaration by Mayan Plaintiffs to Hudbay Minerals Investors and Shareholders

2015 May 28 - Mayan Plaintiffs Speak to Hudbay Minerals Investors and Shareholders, CBC segment

2015 June 08 - Hit Squad Assassinates Lawyer Defending Mynor Padilla, Former Head of Security for Hudbay Minerals, on Trial for Murder and Aggravated Assault

2015 June 24 - Hudbay Lawsuits Back in Court in Toronto - What is Hubday Minerals Hiding?

2015 June 30 - Ontario Court Orders Disclosure of Corporate Documentation & Hudbay Lawyer Claims Guatemalan Plaintiffs “Concocted Stories” About Gang-Rapes

2015 August 04 - Murder Trial Continues in Guatemala Against Hudbay Minerals Head of Security

2015 August 17 - Hudbay Minerals’ Co-Defendant CGN Pays Secret Politician Trip to Russian — as Murder Trial Against Hudbay Former Head of Security Continues, August 17-18

2015 August 21 - Hudbay Minerals/CGN on Trial in Guatemala: Snapshots from the Trial

2015 September 13 - “Hudbay Minerals Evades Justice for Crimes in Guatemala”, Telesur Article by G. Russell

2015 December 02 - “Hudbay” on Trial for Murder in Guatemala, 3 minute video report

2015 December 09 - Expert Witness: Hudbay Minerals/CGN Used Military Strategies when they Assasinated Adolfo Ich and Seriously Wounded Several Other People

2016 January 19 - Hudbay Minerals Film “Flin Flon Flim Flam”

2016 January 19 - A Legacy of Shame and Crime in Guatemala: From INCO to Hudbay Minerals

2016 January 26 - Murder Trial Suspended Against Hudbay Minerals’ Former Head of Security - Victims File Motion Against Judge for Racial Discrimination

2016 January 29 - Murder Trial Continues Against Mynor Padilla, Hudbay Minerals’ Former Head of Security - Victims’ Motion Against Judge for Lack of Partiality and Racial Discrimination Denied

2016 February 17 - Lawyer Defending Hudbay Minerals’ Former Head of Security on Murder Charges, is Charged Himself with Illicit Association, Bribery, Influence-Trafficking, Obstruction of Justice and Collusion

2016 February 17 - Armed Men Follow Attorney General Prosecutor & Victim-Witness in Murder Trial Against Mynor Padilla, Former Head of Security for Hudbay Minerals/CGN

2016 February 22 - Unidentified Armed Men, Paid by CGN, Following & Intimidating Angelica Choc, Attorney General Lawyer

2016 February 27 - Murder Trial of Mynor Padilla: Racial Discrimination? - Report

2016 April 02 - “Guatemalan Women’s Claims Put Focus on Canadian Firms’ Conduct Abroad”, New York Times Article by S. Daley

2016 May 18 - “Mynor Padilla, Hudbay Minerals’ Former Head of Security, is Provided with Police “Security Detail” for Safety”, Article

2016 May 21 - Hudbay Minerals Shareholders Asked to Donate Dividens for Legal Fees of Mayan Q’eqchi’ Plaintiffs Angelica Choc & German Chub

2016 June 20 - Toronto Star 2-Part Report on “Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits”

2016 August 24 - Justice for Hudbay Minerals linked repression in Guatemala: Statement by communities in resistance and struggle for land, El Estor, Izabal

2016 September 14 - Five More Dead at CGN’s “Fenix” Mine Site in Guatemala

2016 September 18 - Messaged Delivered! Shots Fired at Home of Angelica Choc While She was Asleep Inside with Two Children

2016 September 20 - Lawyers Denounce Attack Against Angelica Choc, lead Plaintiff in Human Rights Lawsuits Against Hudbay Minerals

2016 September 24 - Solidarity with Angelica Choc & Other Women in Danger for Defence of Land, Water, Life

2016 September 26 - Angelica Choc Stands Firm, One Week After Attack, in Demand for Justice for Murder, Shootings & Rapes Linked to Hudbay Minerals

2016 September 30 - Now What, Hudbay Minerals! Insider Trading Accusation by U.S. Securities Exchange Commission

2016 October 20 - “7 Years Fighting Against Canadian Mining Impunity in Guatemala”, by J. Rodriguez and G. Russell

2016 November 29 - Re-Open the Mynor Padilla Trial to the Public

2016 December 01 - Faces of Courage and Dignity: Justice in Guatemala for Canadian Mining Repression

2017 January 10 - Angelica & German: Seeking Justice in Guatemala for Canadian Mining Repression, 7 Years and Counting

2017 January 22 - Hudbay Minerals May Challenge U.S. Clean Water Act, to Proceed with Copper mine Threatening Arizona Water Sources

2017 February 08 - Were Guatemalan Kaibiles Hired Guns for Canadian Mining Company Hudbay Minerals?

2017 February 09 - Angelica and German Remain Strong, and Afraid, in Trial Against Mynor Padilla, former Hudbay Minerals Head of Security

2017 March 10 - Intimidation Against Victims of Hudbay Minerals-Linked Repression Seeking Justice in Guatemalan Courts

2017 April 06 - Breaking News: Mynor Padilla Absolved of Mining-Linked Murder and Assault Charges

2017 April 07 - Mynor Padilla, Hudbay Minerals Ex Head of Security, Acquitted on Mining-Related Murder and Assault Charges: Impunity for Mining Repression Intact in Guatemala

2017 April 22 - Jennifer Moore (MiningWatch Canada) and John Dougherty (filmmaker) detained in Peru after Screening “Hudbay Minerals’ Hoax” Documentary Film

2017 April 23 - Released! Jen Moore and John Dougherty - who were arrested in Peru after screening the “Hudbay Minerals’ Hoax” film - have been released

2017 April 24 - “Peruvian Police Detain Filmmaker After Showing Documentary Critical of Hudbay Minerals”, Investigative News Media Release

2017 May 02 - “The Land is Forever: Rodrigo Tot Wins Goldman Prize for Land-Title Quest”, by S. Cuffe

2017 May 16 - What is Hudbay Minerals Hiding at its “Constancia” Mine in Peru?

2017 May 18 - Mayan Q’eqchi’ Fishermen and Campesinos Peacefully Blocked Access for 12 Days to CGN Nickel Mine in Guatemala

2017 May 24 - Freeing the Killer, Criminalizing the Victims!

2017 June 06 - 3 Appeals - Criminal Case Against Mynor Padilla

2017 June 18 - Family of Carlos Maaz Coc, shot and killed in Guatemala by police in the service of CGN nickel mining company

2017 July 14 - “Landscapes of Resistance” Photo up for a People’s Choice Award at Canadian Museum for Human Rights

2017 July 24 - “Maya Q’eqchi’ Demand Justice for Fisherman Killed During Police Crackdown on Mining Protest in Guatemala”, by S. Cuffe

2017 August 14 - Another legal challenge in Arizona against Hudbay Minerals’ widely opposed open-pit copper mine

2017 August 28 - Criminal trial continues against Mynor Padilla - Everyone to Puerto Barrios

2017 September 15 - Guatemalan Appeal Court Overturns Acquittal of Mynor Padilla, Alleged Killer in Canadian Mining Company Lawsuit

2017 September 20 - “Attorney General, CICIG and Angelica Choc continue with a criminal trial against ex-military linked to Hudbay Minerals”, by L. Solano

2017 September 28 - “Strength and peace in the sacred fire”, by G. Russell

2017 October 16 - Threats made by employee of CGN against Lote 8 women plaintiffs in Hudbay/CGN lawsuits; Armed men suspiciously shadowing Angelica Choc

2017 October 24 - Plaintiffs in Hudbay Minerals lawsuits are very ready to come to Toronto, November 2017, to be questioned by Hudbay lawyers

2017 October 31 - “Is Justice Possible in Canada or Guatemala for Hudbay Minerals/CGN Mining Repression?”, Upsidedown World Article by G. Russell

2017 November 03 - Press Release: Hudbay Minerals Lawsuit - Examinations for discovery in Toronto November 6-25, 2017

2017 November 06 - Arriving in Toronto!/Llegando a Toronto!

2017 November 08 - Day #1: Examinations for discovery (depositions), juicios Hudbay Minerals/CGN lawsuuits, Declaraciones anticipadas

2017 November 10 - Photo Essay #4 by G. Russell - Seeking Justice for Rape in the Mining Industry

2017 November 15 - Public Presentation - Mayan Q’eqchi’ People Seek Justice for Rape, Murder & Repression in the Mining Industry

2017 November 15 - Photo Essay #5 by G. Russell - Seeking Justice for Rape, Murder & Repression in the Mining Industry

2017 November 21 - “Peruvian Court to Hear MiningWatch Canada’s Legal Action Against Arbitrary Detention in Connection with Hudbay Minerals’ Operations”, Mining Watch Canada Communique

2017 November 22 - Photo Essay #6 by G. Russell - Seeking Justice for Rape, Murder & Repression in the Mining Industry

2017 December 12 - Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits - Thank you & Summary

2018 January 18 - Urgent Action: Arbitrary Detention in Guatemala of Maria Magdalena Cuc Choc, sister of Angelica Choc and Ramiro Choc

2018 January 20 - Released from Arbitrary Detention: Maria Cuc, Sister of Angelica Choc and Ramiro Choc

2018 February 23 - Legal Challenge in Guatemala Against Mining License Granted to Hudbay Minerals’ Previously Owned by CGN

2018 April 12 - Assassination of nephew of Angelica Choc, plaintiff in Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits

2018 April 30 - “Nephew of plaintiff in Hudbay Minerals lawsuits beaten to death in Guatemala”, Article by H. Gies

2018 May 06 - “Guatemalan Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) to Consider Lifting Legal IMmunity of Judge in the Mynor Padilla Criminal Case”, Article by L. Solano

2018 June 29 - German Chub & Angelica Choc Coming to Toronto for Examinations for Discovery

2018 July 02 - CGN criminalized Eduardo Bin Pop, impoverished Q’eqchi’ man who had just buried his 13-year old son

2018 July 10 - Photo Essay from Toronto Examinations for Discovery in Hudbay Minerals/CGN Lawsuits

2018 July 10 - “This is how hard it is, 8 years into the Hudbay Minerals/CGN lawsuits seeking justice for rape, murder & repression in Guatemala”, by G. Russell

2018 July 10 - “Hudbay Minerals corporate documents reveal extensive knowledge about and enabling of repression and corruption in Guatemala”, by G. Russell

2018 July 19 - Hudbay Minerals corporate documents reveal extensive knowledge about and enabling of repression and corruption in Guatemala

2018 September 19 - Did Hudbay Minerals & Skye Resources Ever Have a Valid Mining License in Guatemala in the First Place? & Article by N. Rivera

2018 September 21 - Criminal Investigation into Judge Ana Leticia Pena Ayala who Acquitted Mynor Padilla in Mining-Related Murder and Assault Trial

2018 September 27 - Remembering Adolfo Ich, Assassinated September 27, 2009 by Hudbay Minerals/CGN “Security” Guards

2018 December 02 - CBC Documentary “In Search of a Perfect World": Meet Guatemalans Angelica Choc & German Chub, their lawyer Murray Klippenstein, & Grahame Russell taking Hudbay Minerals to court

2019 February 19 - “People are dying because of our mines. It’s time for the killing to stop”, The Globe and Mail Article by D. Hood

2019 February 22 - Payments of more than $100,000 (U.S) to Guatemalan military and police leading up to destruction of Maya Q’eqchi’ village of Lote 8, when 11 women were gang-raped (Globe & Mail)

2019 April 11 - Funding appeal from Q’eqchi’ women of Lote 8, plaintiffs in landmark Hudbay Minerals lawsuits in Canada

2019 April 14 - “When mining companies work abroad, should justice follow them home?” Article by W. Eulich & S. Miller Llana

2019 May 03 - Hudbay Minerals AGM (annual shareholder meeting) today

2019 May 14 - Trial in Guatemala for death (murder?) of 3 students on Solway Investment Group/CGN mining company property

2019 June 12 - “Is Justice Possible in Canada or Guatemala for Hudbay Minerals Mining Repression?”, Article by G. Russell

2019 June 20 - A Mayan Q’eqchi’ fisherman shot dead leaves questions for Swiss-based Solway Investment Group and its (formerly Hudbay Mienrals-owned) mine in Guatemala

2019 July 19 - Guatemala’s Constitutional Court orders suspension of Swiss-based Solway Investment Group’s mining operation in Guatemala

2019 July 22 - Hudbay Minerals/Skye Resources documents reveal knowledge about, enabling of repression and corruption in Guatemala

2019 July 27 - Angelica Choc’s urgent message, denouncing mining violence in El Estor

2019 September 18 - “‘They burned everything’: Guatemalan women press Hudbay on Human Rights Claims in Closely watched case”, Financial Post Artcile by G. Friedman

2019 September 27 - Rights Action remembers and honors Adolfo Ich, a Mayan Q’eqchi’ environmental, territorial, human rights defender, assassinated Sept. 27, 2009, by Hudbay Minerals security guards

2019 October 28 - “Abusive North American Companies [Including Hudbay Minerals] Pay Off Latin American Police to Harass Critics”, Article by J. Moore

2019 October 29 - Hudbay Minerals lawsuits (liability for gang-rape, murder, shooting-maiming) public court hearing: Nov. 8, 2019, Toronto

2019 November 05 - “Somebody paid them to come out and rape us”, 11 Maya Q’eqchi’ women speak

2019 November 09 - Hudbay Minerals corporate accountability lawsuits. Plaintiffs, laqyers and advocates speak

2019 November 18 - “Hudbay Minerals Lawyer Attack Credibility of 11 Guatemalan gang-rape victims in Canadian Court”, by G. Russell

2019 December 10 - Hudbay Minerals: “Our Values Are Who We Are”; Articel by A. Cagle

2020 January 08 - Entering Year Ten of Maya Q’eqchi’ Plaintiffs v. Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits

2020 January 13 - Swiss Company Solway Investment Group Mining with Human Rights Violations, Corruption and Impunity in Guatemala

2020 January 24 - Important Legal Victory for Guatemalan Women in Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits, as New CEO Mulls Over Future of Company

2020 January 28 - Mayan Q’eqchi’ Plaintiffs Resist Hudbay Minerals’ Latest Attack on Landmark Lawsuits

2020 February 02 - “We will keep fighting until we achieve justice” - A message from El Estor

2020 February 25 - No Rest for the Weary. Hudbay Minerals to Appeal Ruling of Canadian Court in Favor of Maya Q’eqchi’ Plaintiffs from Guatemala

2020 April 30 - Hudbay Minerals & Other Mining Companies Helping Spread Covid19 Around the World

2020 May 15 - Hudbay Minerals in Peru, COVID be Damned

2020 May 21 - Mining with Impunity in Times of Covid19 - Messaged from Mining Harmed Communities in Peru & Guatemala

2020 May 22 - “Will Justice be Possible in Canada or Guatemala for Hudbay Minerals Mining Repression?”, by G. Russell

2020 June 17 - Mayan Q’eqchi’ Plaintiffs in Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits Suffering Multiplying Impacts of Covid19, Tropical Storm Flooding and Aftermath of 2007 Mining Evictions and Gang-Rapes

2020 June 19 - Guatemalan Court Confirms Illegality of Mine Owned by Solway Investment Group

2020 July 23 - Hudbay Minerals Archives & Update on Landmark Lawsuits & Murder Trial in Guatemala

2020 July 19 - Solway Investment Group (Swiss mining company) & Guatemalan regime militarization of El Estor; Threats against Angelica, Ramiro & Maria Choc, & other Mayan Q’eqchi’ community defenders

2020 August 19 - Solway Investment Group files defamation lawsuits against LeMonde

2020 August 28 - Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits to continue September 30 (after COVID19 delay)

2020 September 09 - Criminalization of Maria Cuc Choc, a Maya Q’eqchi’ land and Indigenous rights defender in Guatemala

2020 September 24 - Hearing Archives & Photo Gallery

2020 September 27 - 11th Anniversary - Killing of Adolfo Ich Chaman; Landmark lawsuits continue in Canada, seeking justice for this, and other Hudbay Minerals-linked repression

2020 September 28 - Lote Ocho eviction & sexual violence How a Canadian mining company infiltrated the Guatemalan State

2020 September 29 - Lote Ocho sexual violence victims speak - Intercept Article

2020 October 01 - Ontario court rejects Hudbay Minerals appeal in Lote Ocho sexual violence lawsuit, by G. Russell

2020 October 05 - Lote Ocho women file sexual violence criminal complaint against CGN mining company in Guatemala

2020 October 18 - Elena Choc Quib has died - Killed by cancer, and by the indifference, power and wealth of a faraway Canadian mining company, its investors and government supporters

2020 October 20 - “Lamentamos el sensible fallecimiento de quien en vida fuera Elena Choc”, Communication from El Estor

2020 December 16 - Retrial of Mynor Padilla to begin December 17, 2020 in Guatemala

2021 January 06 - Guatemalan Judge to rule on Mynor Padilla (former head of security for Hudbay Minerals) murder and assault trial

2021 January 06 - BREAKING NEWS – GUATEMALAN COURT ACCEPTS GUILTY PLEAS OF MYNOR PADILLA (former Hudbay Minerals head of security)

2021 January 08 - Hudbay Minerals head of security pleads guilty to killing and assaults near Guatemala mine

2021 March 22 - Constitutional Court of Guatemala ordered immediate suspension of “Fenix” nickel mine operation in Mayan Q’eqchi’ territories

2021 June 22 - No Consultation Process without mining suspension first! Legal actions underway to suspend Solway Investment Group’s illegal mining operation in Guatemala

2021 June 30 - “Fenix” mine in Guatemala: No consultation process without full suspension of mining operation

2021 September 27 - Angelica Choc speaks - 12th Anniversary of Murder of Adolfo Ich by Hudbay Minerals security guards

2021 October 20 - “‘Fenix’ mining operation in Guatemala is ILLEGAL: Solway Investment Group & CGN, governments of Guatemala and Switzerland, responsible for repression that may occur”, Article By Rights Action

2021 October 23 - Ever more mining repression against Maya Q’eqchi’ people in Guatemala

2021 October 27 - Urgent Action: Mining repression against Angelica Choc, German Chub and 100s of Maya Q’eqchi’ land / human rights defenders

2021 October 28 - Communique: From Angelica Choc to Rights Action on repression and arbitrary raids

2021 October 28 - Klippensteins and Waddell Phillips statement regarding repressive raids against clients Angelica Choc and German Chub Choc in Guatemala

2021 November 03 - URGENT ACTION: Arbitrary detention of son of Angelica Choc and the deceased Adolfo Ich Chaman

2021 November 15 - Arbitrary detention of Pablo Choc husband of plaintiff in Hudbay Minerals lawsuits in Canada

2021 November 16 - “Indigenous mine opponents targeted in raids during state of siege in Guatemala”, Article by S. Cuffe

2021 December 8 - “Our Whole Truth Will Come Out” New Internationalist Report on Hudbay Cases by R. Olivera

2021 December 13 - Maya Q’eqchi’ land & rights defender Angelica Choc speaks/ Habla Angelica Choc, defensora Maya Q’eqchi’ - video with subtitles

2022 March 9 - Documents confirm corruption of Guatemalan State by Solway Investment Group mining company

2022 March 23 - Council of Q'eqchi' Ancestral Authorities Communique - Arbitrary detention of Julio Anselmo Toc Mucu

2022 March 29 - “The Hidden Story of a Notorious Guatemalan Nickel Mine”, The Intercept Article by S. Cuffe in partnership with Forbidden Stories

2022 March 30 - Forbidden Stories Interview with “Guacamaya” hacking collective responsible for Solway Investment Group “Mining Secrets” leak

2022 April 21 - Maria Cuc Choc Speaks and hearing updates

2022 May 2 - Constitutional Court of Guatemala re-affirms that Solway Investment Group mining operation is illegal; Prensa Comunitaria Article by H. Silva Ávalos and J. Calles

2022 May 12 - Article by Maria Choc, criminalized land and Q’eqchi’ rights defender in Guatemala

2022 May 16 - Maria Choc Speaks to International Community in Video

2022 May 23 - Note of mourning: We remember and honor Ramiro Choc

2022 June 01 - “Stop the Criminalisation of Guatemalan Indigenous Human Rights Defender María Choc”, Article by L. Konforti

2022 June 07 - “Guatemalan Minister of Energy and Mines denounced for not suspending Solway Investment Group/CGN’s Fenix mining operation” Prensa Comunitaria Article

2022 June 14 - “Maya Q’eqchi’ land & environment defenders vs. mining: a 60-year human rights & justice struggle”, by G. Russell

2022 November 3 - “Luis Adolfo Ich Choc Suffers Attacks and Robberies”, Statement from Ancestral Council of the Q'eqchi' People of El Estor

2022 November 22 - “Private citizens and police detain two community members in El Estor; their legal situation is unknown”, Prensa Comunitaria Article

2022 November 23 - “U.S. Sanctions Nickel Miners in El Estor, Accused of Bribing Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei”, Prensa Comunitaria Article By H. Silva Ávalos, Prensa Comunitaria

2023 March 20 - Emergency Request, plaintiffs in Hudbay Minerals lawsuits face alarming health & food security situation

2023 April 10 - “U.S. Government & Canadian Mining Company Plot Nickel Mine Takeover in Guatemala”, by G. Russell

2023 June 05 - “The Geopolitics of Nickel and Rare Earths in Guatemala”, El Observador Article by L. Solano