Public Event: How We Won the Landmark Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits in Canada, the Mynor Padilla Criminal Trial in Guatemala, and At What Cost

SAVE THE DATE: October 6, 2025 in Toronto
Join Grahame Russell of Rights Action, Murray Klippenstein and Cory Wanless, the lawyers for the 13 Maya Q'eqchi' Plaintiffs' throughout the 15 years of lawsuits.
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More information to come.

THANK-YOU Rights Action supporters
Your donations and grants, over many years, directly helped achieve the successful resolution of the Hudbay lawsuits and prosecution of Mynor Padilla. While there are limitations with legal remedies, Rights Action is proud to have been part of, beginning to the end, this precedent-setting, hard fought for and costly struggle for a measure of real justice and corporate accountability.
 
Hudbay Minerals lawsuits: The “quiet period” is over
https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/junejuly-2025-newsletter
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October 3, 2024: The Hudbay Plaintiffs and their legal counsel and advisors in the Hotel Las Americas, Guatemala City, after a day of signing settlement documents in the lawsuits. Back: Carmela Caal Quib, Amalia Cac Tiul, Santos Alicia Caal Choc (daughter of plaintiff Elena Quib Choc, deceased), Lucia Caal Chun, Angelica Choc, Luisa Caal Chun, Murray Klippenstein, Rosa Elvira Choc Ich, Elvira Choc Chub, Olivia Asig Xol, Margarita Caal Caal, Irma Yolanda Choc Quib, Irma Yolanda Choc Cac. Front: Grahame Russell, German Chub Choc, Cory Wanless, Luis Adolfo Ich Choc (son of Adolfo Ich and Angelica Choc). Photo: Winston Scott