Arrested (Nov. 2, 2021) in El Estor, Guatemala, was Edgar Geovany Ich Choc, teacher, father of 2 children, and son of Angelica Choc and the late Adolfo Ich (killed Sept.27, 2009 by Mynor Padilla, former security chief of Hudbay Minerals/CGN).
This arbitrary detention occurs during a military state of siege implemented in the mining-affected Maya Q’eqchi’ territories of Guatemala, on behalf of the illegal operation of the ‘Fenix’ nickel mine owned by the Swiss company Solway Investment Group and its subsidiary CGN.
Background:
Mining repression explodes against Q’eqchi’ people
“Fenix" mining operation in Guatemala is ILLEGAL (Oct. 20, 2021), https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/fenix-mining-operation-in-guatemala-is-illegal
Urgent Action: Mining repression against Angelica Choc, German Chub and 100s of Maya Q’eqchi’ land / human rights defenders (Oct. 27, 2021), https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/repression-against-angelica-choc-german-chub
Angelica Choc and Lote 8 women speak out (Oct. 28, 2021), https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/angelica-choc-and-lote-8-women-speak-out
Canadian lawyers for Angelica Choc & German Chub speak out about repressive raids against their clients in Guatemala (Oct. 28, 2021), https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/canadian-lawyers-for-angelica-german-speak
Rights Action archives (Hudbay Minerals, INCO, Skye Resources, Solway Investment Group): https://rightsaction.org/hudbay-minerals-archives
Send urgent letters to
Solway Investment Group: Baarerstrasse 8, 6300 Zug Switzerland, +41417400400, bd@solwaygroup.com, media@solway.ch, www.solwaygroup.com
Embassy of Switzerland, Guatemala: +502 2367 5520, guatemalacity@eda.admin.ch, sanjose@eda.admin.ch
Embassy of Switzerland, Canada: +1 613 235 1837, ottawa@eda.admin.ch
Embassy of Switzerland, US: +1 202 745 7900, washington@eda.admin.ch, washington.media@eda.admin.ch, washington.chancery@eda.admin.ch, washington.visa@eda.admin.ch
European Union Human Rights in Guatemala: jennifer.echeverria@eeas.europa.eu
Emergency Response Fund
Rights Action is sending emergency human rights funds to people we have long worked with in the region, including German Chub, Angelica Choc and Ich-Choc family, Gremial de Pescadores y Campesinos;Ancestral Council of Q’eqchi’ people. Funds are used to:
Help people flee El Estor, some by land into the mountains
Replace iphones and communication devices
Get funds to families whose bank accounts are frozen or family members were forced to flee military crackdown
Provide food and shelter for people forced to leave El Estor
Help mobilize human rights activists to try and reach El Estor to bear witness
Prepare for legal defense costs related to abusive-trumped up criminal charges
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