“We are being denied our right to know the truth about the pressure the Canadian embassy exerted on Mexican authorities and how that could have played a role in the brutal murder of my father.”
(Jose Luis Abarca, son of murdered Mariano Abarca)
Testimonio: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala Shortlisted for “Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes” →
The “Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes” is awarded “to the author(s) and/or illustrators of an original work of published writing (poetry, fiction or nonfiction for adults or children, including graphic novels or picture books) that challenges or provokes the ideas and forces that shape what writing, art, and/or society can become.” https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/categories-and-criteria/jim-deva-prize-for-writing-that-provokes/
Read moreICE War Crimes Center pursuing Guatemalan war criminals that participated in the Chixoy Dam / Rio Negro massacres in Rabinal region →
Below, a moving and detailed Washington Post article about the work of the ICE Office for Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center pursuing war criminals, many being former US allies living in the US.
Read moreGoldcorp and Newmont human rights records being reviewed in the Yukon as Newmont Goldcorp Corporation seeks to operate Coffee Gold Project near Dawson City →
The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) rejected submissions concerning well-documented and rampant human rights abuses at Goldcorp’s Marlin mine in Guatemala, claiming that they needed to verify and vet the sources in “Testimonio: Canadian Mines in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala”, a book twice vetted by libel, defamation lawyers before publication in October 2021 by Between The Lines.
Read moreRights Action April 2022 Newsletter →
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Read moreInterview with “Guacamaya,” the hacking collective responsible for Solway Investment Group “Mining Secrets” leak →
“Why is it important for the public to know what this mining company is doing?
It’s important that the people of the so-called ‘global north’ know that they are part of this genocide, of this terracide, and that every privilege they have and their quality of life necessarily means the annihilation of other beings and of other lands.”
Guacamaya – Resistencia Milenaria →
Rights Action comparte este articulo de Guacamaya, responsable por acceso a miles y miles de documentos internos de la compania Suisa-Rusa Solway Investment Group, y sus filiales PRONICO y CGN.
Read moreThe global mining industry, and the Guatemalan state and government co-opted by criminal networks →
The Hidden Story of a Notorious Guatemalan Nickel Mine
Read moreAura Minerals / MINOSA destroying cemetery of Maya Chorti people, to continue with illegal open-pit mining operations using cyanide →
Company has its eyes set on destruction of community of Azacualpa, a few meters from the cemetery.
Read moreArbitrary detention of Julio Anselmo Toc Mucu - Solway Investment Group, CGN-PRONICO continue attacking Q'eqchi' people →
The Guatemalan State continues to violate the rights of indigenous peoples in the municipality of El Estor, at the request of the mining company Solway Investment Group (Suisa-Russia) and CGN-Pronico.
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