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Article

6 Dec 2009

Author:
miravu

Human Rights and Cell Phones: Something Every Consumer Should Know

Ever wonder what goes into making a cheap, throw-away cell phone? Nearly 30 percent of the minerals used to make electronics are dubbed “conflict minerals,” mined by children in a war-torn region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...Documented evidence shows massive human rights violations including the rape, mutilation and murder of innocent women and young girls; forced child labor; and the murder and torture of innocent men. This region is infamous for “child soldiers,” children compelled to join paramilitary groups at gunpoint.