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A Memorial to Commemorate the Life of Adolfo Ich Chamn and to Hold Hudbay Minerals Responsible
Join the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network MISN and the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence BTS network for a memorial to commemorate Adolfo Ich Chamn’s life at 6pm on Friday September 26th in front of Hudbay’s corporate headquarters. Please come wearing black clothing.
Following the memorial we will spread out throughout the financial district in a series of candelit processions. This memorial is being held in solidarity with a larger memorial taking place in El Estor, Guatemala.
On September 27, Adolfo Ich Chamn was murdered by Hudbay Minerals security forces in El Estor, Guatemala. Adolfo was the President of the Community Council, a respected Mayan Qeqchi community leader, a school teacher and father of six. He was an outspoken critic of the harms caused by Canadian mining activities in his community, a struggle which goes back decades and is interwoven with armed conflict, genocide, government corruption, and Canadas international development policy. At least seven other individuals were shot by Hudbay security on the same day Adolfo was murdered.
In the five years since the violent events of September 2009, victims, witnesses, and family members have struggled through a long and frustrating series of legal processes in Canada and Guatemala in order to demand justice. Angelica Choc, the wife of Adolfo Ich, calls upon allies around the world to join them in solidarity: Let all of us who are fighting in defense of our territories unite to demand that justice be served.
All are welcome to come and show solidarity with Adolfo’s family and these Q’eqchi communities’ struggle. Please come wearing black. We also invite you to bring flowers or candles if possible, but your presence is the most important.
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