Rights Action
August 19, 2019
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Major setback for Hudbay Minerals in Arizona, as court date looms in Toronto in matter related to gang-rapes of eleven Mayan Q’eqchi’ women at Hudbay/Skye Resources’ then-owned mine site
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Hudbay Will Appeal Unprecedented Rosemont Court Decision
August 01, 2019, https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/08/01/1895470/0/en/Hudbay-Will-Appeal-Unprecedented-Rosemont-Court-Decision.html
TORONTO, Aug. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hudbay Minerals Inc. (“Hudbay” or the “company”) (TSX, NYSE: HBM) announced that late yesterday the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (“Court”) issued a ruling in the lawsuits challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s issuance of the Final Record of Decision (“FROD”) for the Rosemont project in Arizona. The Court ruled to vacate and remand the FROD such that Rosemont cannot proceed with construction at this time.
Hudbay believes that the Court has misinterpreted federal mining laws and Forest Service regulations as they apply to Rosemont. As such the company will be appealing the Court’s decision to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The FROD was issued in June 2017 after a thorough process of ten years involving 17 co-operating agencies at various levels of government, 16 hearings, over 1,000 studies, and 245 days of public comment resulting in more than 36,000 comments.
“We are extremely disappointed with the Court’s decision. We strongly believe that the project conforms to federal laws and regulations that have been in place for decades,” said Peter Kukielski, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. “We will be appealing the decision as we evaluate next steps for the Rosemont Project.” […]
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Hudbay Minerals/Skye Resources documents reveal knowledge about, enabling of repression and corruption in Guatemala
Amendments Motion: There will be a public hearing in the Hudbay Minerals lawsuits, September 17, 2019, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, 393 University Ave, Toronto
Five of eleven Mayan Qeqchi women, victims of 2007 gangrapes linked directly to mining interests of Skye Resources (amalgamated into Hudbay Minerals in 2008), stand in their commmunity of Lote 8, that was completely destroyed by Skye/Hudbay security guards, Guatemalan police and military during illegal, forced evictions in January 2007, when the gangrapes occured. (Photo @ James Rordriguez)
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Background info:
Is justice possible in Canada or Guatemala for Hudbay Minerals mining repression?
By Grahame Russell, June 12, 2019, https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/is-justice-possible-in-canada-or-guatemala-for-hudbay-minerals-mining-repression
Canadian Companies Mining With The Genocidal Generals In Guatemala
By Grahame Russell, Rights Action, April 6, 2019, https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/mining-with-the-genocidal-general-in-guatemala
Media reports: http://rightsaction.org/hudbay-minerals-lawsuits-media/
Film & videos
Defensora (2013)
An award-winning 40 minute film by Rachel Schmidt, documenting Maya Q’eqchi’ peoples’ struggle in Guatemala to reclaim ancestral lands and to seek justice in Canadian and Guatemalan courts for murder, shootings and rapes committed by police, soldiers and private security guards working for Canadian mining company Hudbay Minerals/Skye Resources and their former Guatemalan subsidiary CGN.
Trailer: www.defensorathefilm.com
Film: https://vimeo.com/75725049
CBC documentary “In search of a perfect world” (November 2018)
Meet Guatemalans Angelica Choc & German Chub, their lawyer Murray Klippenstein, & Grahame Russell, taking Hudbay Minerals & CGN (Guatemalan Nickel Company) to court.
https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/cbc-documentary-meet-guatemalans-angelica-choc-german-chub
Hudbay Minerals lawsuits
November 25, 2017: The Drop video interview with Cory Wanless and Grahame Russell
View: https://www.facebook.com/thedropvideo/videos/370077746779053/
Hudbay Minerals on Trial: Impunity Reigns (2017)
This 4 minute film by Lazar Konforti reports how on April 6, 2017, Mynor Padilla – ex Hudbay Minerals/Skye Resources head of security – was found “not guilty” by Judge Ana Leticia Pena Ayala of killing Adolfo Ich and shooting-paralyzing German Chub Choc.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xch_LMzfl7Q&feature=youtu.be
Choc vs. Hudbay (2016)
5 minute film by James Rodriguez: Interview with Angelica Choc during the annual commemoration of the life of her husband, Adolfo Ich, assassinated September 27, 2009, by Mynor Padilla and security guards working for Hudbay Minerals and its subsidiary CGN (Guatemalan Niquel Company).
View: https://vimeo.com/191327705
How Can Angelica Choc and German Chub Get Justice? (2016)
3 minute report by Steven Schnoor documenting how the Judge (Ana Leticia Pena Ayala) in the Adolfo Ich murder trial, ordered – May 2016 - a “security protection detail” for Mynor Padilla, ex head of security for Hudbay Minerals (and former lieutenant colonel in the Guatemalan Army), on trial for murder and the shooting-paralyzing of German Chub in September 2009.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlIt5geTIJc&feature=youtu.be
Mynor Padilla Trial: Racial Discrimination / Caso Mynor Padilla: Discriminacion Racial (2016)
4 minute film by Lazar Konforti on unsuccessful efforts to have allegedly corrupted Judge Ana Leticia Pena Ayala recused from Mynor Padilla trial. Angelica Choc addresses the court, as Mynor Padilla and his team of lawyers (allegedly paid for by Hudbay Minerals) look on; Includes a song written and sung by Adolfo Ich, Angelica’s husband, killed by Mynor Padilla and his security guards on September 27, 2009, when they worked for Hudbay Minerals/CGN.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_nLF-bke1k&feature=youtu.be
Hudbay on trial for murder in Guatemala / Hudbay enjuiciada por homicidio en Guatemala (2015)
4 minute report by Lazar Konforti: Mynor Padilla, Hudbay Minerals' former chief of security at their mine in Guatemala (which they sold in 2011 to Switzerland company Solway Investment Group), is on trial for murdering community leader Adolfo Ich during an attack by Hudbay's security personnel against community members in 2009. Angélica Choc, Ich's widow, fears for her safety as she has to confront her husband's murderer in court.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-mmuPHqFY
They Cut Me In Half: Fundraiser for German Chub Choc (2014)
5 minute film by Lazar Konforti documenting the life of German Chub, a young Maya-Q'eqchi' father left paralyzed after being shot by Mynor Padilla, head of security for Hudbay Minerals in Guatemala. One lung was permanently damaged; the bullet remains lodged next to his spinal column.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXElOwBUn0E
Defending Q'eqchi' Territory from Mining: Rebuilding Lote Ocho (2014)
5 minute film by Lazar Konforti documenting how private security forces employed by Hudbay Minerals/Skye Resources, along with Guatemalan police and soldiers, destroyed the Maya-Q'eqchi' community of Lote Ocho, burning 100 homes to the ground, destroying personal property and food, and gang-raping 11 women villagers. Community members are rebuilding homes and community.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuuJSIztTK8&feature=youtu.be
Precedent Setting Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits In Canada
The Real News interview (October 13, 2013) with Grahame Russell
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&itemid=74&jumival=10902
Testimony of Rosa Elbira: Gang-rapes at Canadian mine in Guatemala (2010)
In 2007, private security forces employed by Canadian company Skye Resources (later owned by Hudbay Minerals), along with Guatemalan police and soldiers, violently evicted the Q'eqchi' community of Lote Ocho, burning 100 homes to the ground, destroying all personal property and food stuffs, and gang-raping 11 women villagers. Rosa Elvira is one of the women.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSGuDk4cnz4
Violent Evictions at El Estor, Guatemala
By Steven Schnoor, this 10 minute film (2007) documents illegal, forced evictions of Mayan Q’eqchi’ communities in Guatemala on behalf of Skye Resources/Hudbay Minerals.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgwtLuISE1Y&t=10s
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Tax-Deductible Donations (Canada & U.S.)
Funds are need to continue support for land defense and justice struggles (in Guatemala and Canada) of the Q'eqchi' people, including bringing two Hudbay lawsuits plaintiffs to Toronto, to attend the September 17, 2019 hearing. Make check payable to "Rights Action" and mail to:
- U.S.: Box 50887, Washington DC, 20091-0887
- Canada: (Box 552) 351 Queen St. E, Toronto ON, M5A-1T8
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