Zimbabwe diamonds banned by dealer over abuse concerns

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A major diamond firm has issued a trade ban on all diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange fields because of "severe and continued human rights violations".

The Rapaport Group and its Rapnet diamond trading network also called on other major diamond manufacturing and trading bodies to do the same.

Rights activists say troops killed 200 people at the Marange field last year.

Zimbabwe's government has denied abuse claims and vowed last week to pull its soldiers out of the diamond field.

Earlier this month the body that regulates the sale of so-called blood diamonds, the Kimberley Process, rejected attempts by rights groups to suspend Zimbabwe.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8379226.stm

[fascisthunter]

1. about time!

[Altoid_Cyclist]

2. Coincidence strikes again.

I thought that I'd watch "Blood Diamond" again this weekend.