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Activist Communique: Resist HudBay – a protest to hold a Canadian corporate criminal accountable!

The Deets:

Friday May 10, 2013

9:30 am

150 King Street West

Toronto, ON

The Call Out:

Once a year, the board of directors of Hudbay, a Canadian mining company infamous for human rights abuses around the world, converge in downtown Toronto.

Come out on May 10th… 

…in solidarity with Mayan Q’eqchi’ communities in their pursuit of justice for the violence carried out by Hudbay security in Guatemala.

…in solidarity with the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation as they stand up to Hudbay’s efforts to criminalize them as they assert their rights to live off of and protect their land and waters as guardians of their territory.

…to hold Hudbay accountable as its executives, Board of Directors, and powerful shareholders gather here in Toronto.

…to stand up to corporate impunity and the continued colonization of indigenous territories across Turtle Island and the world!

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DETAILS:
WHEN: 9:30am May 10, 2013
WHERE: 150 King St. West, Toronto
WHY: Around the world, Hudbay robs Indigenous people of their lands, destroys sensitive ecosystems, supports brutal police and security operations, and sues anyone who tries to resist their mining projects.

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

This year, members of Indigenous Mayan Q’eqchi’ communities from Guatemala started a long and groundbreaking process of bringing Hudbay to trial here in this country for brutal shootings and 11 rapes by Hudbay security forces at their former mining project in Guatemala.

Here in Canada, the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation is being sued for hundreds of millions of dollars after holding two peaceful demonstrations outside of Hudbay’s Snow Lake mine site.

The Mathias Colomb Cree Nation has never been consulted by Hudbay or the province regarding this mining operation on their territory and has issued stop work notices to the company. In response to their peaceful gatherings at the mine site, the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation has also been served an injunction, making it illegal for the MCCN people to go on their own territory, which is now considered mining company property. The effect of this injunction is that the MCCN people who live off of the land have been instantly criminalized and considered in contempt of court for continuing to hunt, fish, and protect the land and waters of their own territory.

 

 

Krystalline Kraus

krystalline kraus is an intrepid explorer and reporter from Toronto, Canada. A veteran activist and journalist for rabble.ca, she needs no aviator goggles, gas mask or red cape but proceeds fearlessly...