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Zimbabwe, Diamonds, and the Apologists
A segment of the diamond industry has again placed profit in front of human rights. Showing a sad lack of responsible leadership, the World Federation of Diamond Bourses...today announced that members of the Kimberley Process... must...“...allow Zimbabwe to export rough diamonds from all diamond mining areas in the country, including Marange.” Marange, as you will recall, was the site of state-sponsored violence against diamond miners...[T]he WFDB failed to recognize any of the human rights abuses committed by the regime in Zimbabwe and failed to acknowledge that it is Zimbabwe who has been unwilling to meet international standards so that they can be part of the legitimate diamond trade.