Photo Gallery

This Gallery has photos collected over the years, taken by us and folks we have worked with. The Gallery is a work in progress. As struggles continue and as we continue to support them, new Sub-galleries will be added and existing ones updated.

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GUATEMALA

Chixoy Dam Reparations Campaign

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“We never forget. 30th anniversary of the March 13, 1982 massacre”

“We never forget. 30th anniversary of the March 13, 1982 massacre”

Sebastian Iboy – a Chixoy dam/Rio Negro massacre survivor and eyewitness, as a 15 year old boy in 1982 – hikes supplies into the remains of the Rio Negro community. The original community lies buried deep under this silt (seen here in dry season) ca

Sebastian Iboy – a Chixoy dam/Rio Negro massacre survivor and eyewitness, as a 15 year old boy in 1982 – hikes supplies into the remains of the Rio Negro community. The original community lies buried deep under this silt (seen here in dry season) caused by the poorly designed dam that is filling in the river valley.

The Chixoy dam flood basin, looking down river towards the dam wall.

The Chixoy dam flood basin, looking down river towards the dam wall.

Hudbay Minerals justice struggle

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Lote 8 community members gather on the site of their original community, that was violently evicted and burned to the ground on January 9 and 17, 2007 – by company security guards, police, soldiers - to make way for the illegal mining operation of S

Lote 8 community members gather on the site of their original community, that was violently evicted and burned to the ground on January 9 and 17, 2007 – by company security guards, police, soldiers - to make way for the illegal mining operation of Skye Resources (Hudbay Minerals).

Lawyers Cory Wanless and Murray Klippenstein, with four of the Hudbay Minerals lawsuits plaintiffs (Elena Choc, Amalia Cac, Carmela Caal, Angelica Choc) in Toronto, November 2017, as they prepare to be deposed by Hudbay’s lawyers during examinations

Lawyers Cory Wanless and Murray Klippenstein, with four of the Hudbay Minerals lawsuits plaintiffs (Elena Choc, Amalia Cac, Carmela Caal, Angelica Choc) in Toronto, November 2017, as they prepare to be deposed by Hudbay’s lawyers during examinations for discovery.

Adolfo Ich, husband of Angelica Choc, teacher, respected land and rights defender, killed by Hudbay Minerals security guards (under control of Mynor Padilla), September 27, 2009.

Adolfo Ich, husband of Angelica Choc, teacher, respected land and rights defender, killed by Hudbay Minerals security guards (under control of Mynor Padilla), September 27, 2009.

HONDURAS

Aura Minerals community defense struggle

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“We don’t want your money. We defend our rights. No to the mining destruction of our cemetery.”

“We don’t want your money. We defend our rights. No to the mining destruction of our cemetery.”

Karen Yajaira, from the threatened village of Azacualpa, blocks a tractor working for US company Aura Minerals and MINOSA (its subsidiary in Honduras), operating an open-pit, mountain top removal mine, getting ever closer to the 200-year-old cemeter

Karen Yajaira, from the threatened village of Azacualpa, blocks a tractor working for US company Aura Minerals and MINOSA (its subsidiary in Honduras), operating an open-pit, mountain top removal mine, getting ever closer to the 200-year-old cemetery in the Azacualpa community.

An elderly member of the Azacualpa community looks to where bodies have been illegally exhumed by Aura Minerals.

An elderly member of the Azacualpa community looks to where bodies have been illegally exhumed by Aura Minerals.

COPINH

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Berta Caceres, assassinated March 2, 2016

Berta Caceres, assassinated March 2, 2016

L-R: Mama Berta (mother of Berta), and Berta’s children: Olivia, Laura, Bertita, Salvador

L-R: Mama Berta (mother of Berta), and Berta’s children: Olivia, Laura, Bertita, Salvador

Grahame Russell

Grahame Russell

OFRANEH

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Miriam Miranda, long-time general coordinator of OFRANEH, and widely respected land, human rights, environmental defender.

Miriam Miranda, long-time general coordinator of OFRANEH, and widely respected land, human rights, environmental defender.

Fisherpeople return home at sunset, along Garifuna lands of Honduras’ northern Caribbean coast.

Fisherpeople return home at sunset, along Garifuna lands of Honduras’ northern Caribbean coast.

Alfredo Lopez, a Garifuna community leader who spent over 6 years as a political prisoner in Honduran jails.

Alfredo Lopez, a Garifuna community leader who spent over 6 years as a political prisoner in Honduran jails.

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Photos on Goldcorp Inc. in Guatemala & Honduras

Photos on Rights Action’s delegations

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