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Zimbabwe: Diamond Fields Activist Must be Released
AI London, 6 July 2010
Amnesty International today called on the Zimbabwean government to release an activist who is being detained after he exposed human rights violations in the country's Marange… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Ban Stays on Export of Controversial Diamonds
SW Radio, 24 June 2010
Member states and partners of the Kimberley Process, an organization set up eight years ago to eradicate the trade in blood diamonds, failed to reach agreement on whether to allow… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: British Firms Buy Chiadzwa Diamonds
The Herald, 18 June 2010
British and Belgian companies have been buying diamonds from the Chiadzwa fields while their governments claim the gems are "bloody" and Zimbabwe should not be given Kimberley… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Diamond Researcher Denied Bail
SW Radio, 10 June 2010
A Harare magistrate on Thursday denied bail to Farai Maguwu and remanded him in custody. Maguwu is the diamond researcher who was arrested last Thursday, shortly after giving… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Group Rejects Claim That Diamonds Are Clean
SW Radio, 9 June 2010
The saga surrounding Zimbabwe's controversial diamonds took a new twist on Wednesday. An organisation which is a member of the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition has… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Monitor Approves Diamonds in Surprise Move
RFI, 8 June 2010
In a surprise announcement, the Kimberley Process, the body set up to combat the trade in blood diamonds, has said that Zimbabwe complies with its minimum requirements and should… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Global Witness rejects claim that diamonds are clean
Global Witness, 8 June 2010
State-sponsored violence and human rights abuses are still taking place in the diamond fields of eastern Zimbabwe, in contrast to claims made in a leaked report from the Kimberley… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: End Harassment of Monitor, Improve Accountability
ICTJ, 8 June 2010
The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) today expressed grave concern regarding the June 3 arrest of Farai Maguwu, director of the Mutare-based Centre for Research… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Diamond Monitor Ready to Approve Exports
The Herald, 8 June 2010
ZIMBABWE has satisfied the minimum Kimberley Process Certification Scheme requirements to trade in rough diamonds and the KPCS is ready to supervise export arrangements, KPCS… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Diamond Watchdog Charged, Plus Two MDC MPs in Custody
SW Radio, 7 June 2010
Farai Maguwu, the Marange diamonds watchdog who was arrested last Thursday was formally charged by police in Harare on Monday. One of his lawyers, Trust Maanda, said the activist… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Country Set to Be Cleared for Diamond Sale, Despite Ongoing Abuses
SW Radio, 27 May 2010
An international diamond expert tasked with monitoring Zimbabwe's diamond industry, is set to recommend that the country be allowed to sell the gems, despite reports of ongoing… Read more »