Zimbabwean human rights defender Farai Maguwu — probing alleged abuses in the Marange diamond fields — has been removed from Matapi police cells.
Zimbabwe’s political and military leaders have used violence and intimidation to seize control of the country’s lucrative diamond business.
Zimbabwe’s political and military elites are using violence and their links to companies to exploit the country’s diamond wealth, Global Witness said.
A senior former South African police officer tried to stop an international diamond monitor from continuing his investigation.
Zimbabwe has banned exports of diamonds until the Kimberley Process regulator approves the sale of gems from a field plagued by human rights abuses.
A rights group on Wednesday called on Zimbabwe to abandon plans to sell "blood diamonds" from a field plagued by abuses.
The Zimbabwe High Court has approved the sale of diamonds from a field plagued by human rights abuses, state-run media reported on Tuesday.
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/ 18 December 2009
You would think that, with its vibrant diamond trade, South Africa would be first in line to prevent the smuggling of diamonds from Zimbabwe.
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/ 30 October 2009
On the eve of its annual plenary meeting in Swakopmund, Namibia, all is not well in the Kimberley Process.
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/ 23 October 2009
New evidence suggests that a South African business has muscled into the plundering of diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe.
United Nations scheme claimed to have reduced trade in conflict diamonds was this week criticised by its architect.
.Diamond-producing nations open a meeting on Tuesday to review global efforts to prevent trade in the gems from fuelling conflicts
An international group is in Zimbabwe to investigate allegations of mass murder by government soldiers in a diamond field in the east of the country.
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/ 25 February 2009
The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted three rebel leaders on Wednesday of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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/ 24 February 2009
Sierra Leone’s war crimes tribunal will hand down a verdict on Wednesday against three rebel RUF commanders accused of carrying out a killing spree.