We are human rights organizations, writing to ask you to sign the statement below by fellow jewelry companies and organizations, calling for criminal defamation charges against the award-winning journalist and human rights activist, Rafael Marques de Morais, to be dropped. Rafael Marques currently faces charges of criminal defamation relating to his book...[alleging] human rights abuses against Angolan villagers involving Angolan military officials and private security companies contracted by mining firms, in the course of diamond mining operations.  All jewelry and diamond firms, regardless of whether or not they source directly or indirectly from Angola, should work toward a global diamond supply chain free from human rights abuses.