Amnesty International USA Feature on Conflict Diamonds
Amnesty International USA has a feature on their Web site about conflict diamonds from West Africa. There is currently a multi-million dollar diamond trade that is built on the murder, torture and forced amputation of limbs of thousands of innocent civilians.
A quote from the site:
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A quote from the site:
“In many African countries, including Angola, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) diamonds have been, and continue to be linked to terrible human rights abuses either by insurgent groups to fuel conflict and carry out atrocities against innocent civilians or by unscrupulous government who are equally brutal.”
Read more:
- Amnesty International USA: Conflict Diamonds
- Buyer's Guide to Conflict-Free Diamonds (PDF)
- Amnesty Magazine: Blood Diamonds
Labels: human_rights, multimedia
posted by Lingua Islamica at 10:39 PM
1 Comments:
the poor miserable people who mine for these horrible riches will never make enough to own even a tiny bit. it's like in china: workers are not paid enough to ever purchase the very clothing they make with their own hands. or the fancy electronics, either...
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