But I learnt so much more about them as a result. For example only 1% of current export diamonds today would be classified as 'blood diamonds' however this is only because of a legal loophole as the true number of diamonds linked to slave labour, mass killings, etc is a much higher percentage. This is because blood diamonds can technically only come from areas which are 'rebel held', this was common during the 70's, 80's and 90's when rebel uprisings were widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. What we see today are similar images from countries like Zimbabwe, DRC and The Ivory Coast but because it is the Government that carries out the atrocities the diamonds remain technically 'clean'. This is exactly what happened in the Zimbabwean Marange Mine where 200 people were killed recently by attack helicopters and dogs. A torture camp still exists there today and those who still work there are paid about $1 a day (strong males) in terrible conditions, yet the Kimberley Process has passed diamonds from this mine as clean, meaning you could easily be buying these diamonds on the high street. There are also many reports of how easy it has been for officials to forge certificates and many of these articles refer to the mass failings of the Kimberley Process.
100 ARTICLES - In
order of usefulness. (bold means extra important)
1) http://www.virtueinaction.com/2007/VIA_Diamonds.pdf
2) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/17/blood-diamonds-robert-mugabe-zimbabwe
3) http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2012-01-03-zim-gems-clean--diamond-colleges/
4) http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/09/us-diamonds-conflict-idUSTRE7B819C20111209
5) http://www.alternet.org/story/153396/child_labor,_torture_and_rape%3A_attempts_to_regulate_the_brutal_diamond_industry_failing/
6) http://www.frostillustrated.com/full.php?sid=9642
7) http://www.themarknews.com/articles/7907-video-the-battle-against-blood-diamonds
8) http://www.azomining.com/news.aspx?newsID=5628
9) http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ifZcEjYP3y-Id19j4JsQw-sDNo1w?docId=CNG.a8635b15b68bf9aeb87b85f601aa964d.361
10) http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2011-12-29-sanctions-on-diamond-companies-not-beneficial-to-zim/
11) http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/12/09/diamonds-conflict-idINDEE7B80FT20111209
12) http://af.reuters.com/article/southAfricaNews/idAFL5E7N64RD20111209?sp=true
13) http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/robert-mugabe-makes-poll-plans-to-bury-power-sharing/story-e6frg6ux-1226223334204
14) http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/bimbos-blood-diamonds-and-bringing-the-truth-to-light-14903446.html
15) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-28/smuggled-diamond-revenue-flows-to-mugabe-s-zimbabwe-ahead-of-2011-election.html
16) http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.asp?id=38994
17) http://www.diamondne.ws/2011/12/20/security-council-extends-mandate-of-panel-of-experts-on-sanctions-on-diamond-rich-liberia/
18) http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1486010.php/HRW_Mugabe-loyal_military_pocketing_Zimbabwes_diamond_wealth_
19) http://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=38212&ArticleTitle=Partnership+Africa+Canada+Commits+to+KP
20) http://www.diamonds.net/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=38271&ArticleTitle=Competitive+NGO%E2%80%99s+
21) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-chen/conflict-diamonds-human-rights_b_1141080.html
22) http://cmvlive.com/life-style-a-fashion/life-style/the-politics-of-buying-an-engagement-ring
23) http://theconversation.edu.au/north-koreas-basketcase-economy-is-built-on-drugs-weapons-and-fakes-4845
24) http://allafrica.com/stories/201112190861.html
25) http://www.israelidiamond.co.il/english/News.aspx?boneID=918&objID=10392
26) http://www.voanews.com/english/news/African-Governments-to-Assert-Greater-Control-Over-Mining-Industries-135824593.html
27) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-13/pure-diam-of-dubai-expects-approval-for-zimbabwe-diamond-sales.html
28) http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/05/world/africa/conflict-diamonds-explainer/
29) http://www.wbur.org/npr/143975840/new-law-aims-to-shine-light-on-conflict-metals
30) http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-20/surat/30537584_1_jail-term-blood-diamond-chief-judicial-court
31) http://truthdive.com/2011/12/18/Blood-diamonds-could-pay-for-Mugabe-s-election-terror-campaign-against-opponents.html
32) http://feelgoodstyle.com/2011/12/15/conflict-free/
33) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-07/zimbabwe-says-it-will-sell-its-marange-diamonds-herald-reports.html
34) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-05/global-witness-quits-kimberley-process-over-zimbabwe-gem-sales.html
35) http://electronicintifada.net/content/diamond-industrys-double-standard-israel/10102
36) http://electronicintifada.net/content/israels-blood-diamonds/8754
37) http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2011/1214/Africa-Rising-With-film-school-can-Sierra-Leone-change-Blood-Diamond-image
38) http://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/spip.php?article6323
39) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-03/kimberley-process-may-make-decision-on-zimbabwean-diamond-exports-tomorrow.html
40) http://www.businesslive.co.za/incoming/2011/12/13/zim-diamond-miners-added-to-us-sanctions-list
41) http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106276
42) http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474980924772
43) http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15612492,00.html
44) http://www.freedomnewspaper.com/Homepage/tabid/36/mid/367/newsid367/7127/Gambia--Breaking-News--Jailed-Russian-Viktor-Bout-Helps-African-Dictator--Jammeh-To-Buy-Plane-To-Traffic-WeaponsAmbassador-Sey-/Default.aspx
45) http://www.theblaze.com/stories/meet-general-butt-naked-the-cannibalistic-african-warlord-turned-christian-evangelist/
46) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-15/kimberly-process-will-travel-to-zimbabwe-to-certify-diamonds-for-export.html
47) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/jul/18/andrewosborn
48) http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mJRIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gQkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5204,3482576&dq=conflict-diamonds&hl=en
49) http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/05/world/africa/conflict-diamonds-explainer/
50) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-13/sierra-leone-s-diamond-and-gold-shipments-rise-in-may-central-bank-says.html
51) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-12/angola-s-manuel-vicente-to-run-sonangol-for-three-more-years-1-.html
52) http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/111029-rare-earth-crisis-innovate-or-be-crushed-by-china
53) http://www.jewelryne.ws/general-assembly-speakers-praise-kimberly-process-for-significantly-reducing-scope-of-conflict-diamond-trade-say-initiative-too-important-to-fail/
54) http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-12/portugal-holds-talks-with-angola-to-resolve-diamond-mine-dispute.html
55) http://www.cocorioko.net/?p=21085
56) http://www.rnw.nl/africa/bulletin/african-diamond-producers-slam-watchdog-zimbabwe-gems
57) http://www.minnpost.com/globalpost/2011/08/31/31215/zimbabwe_selling_blood_diamonds_report
58) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16027011
59) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14468116
60) http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_9557000/9557304.stm
61)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14377215
62)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14121191
63) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10908436
64) http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2010/12/2010121614107545343.html
65) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10840117
66) http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/11/20111131369418349.html
67) http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/07/2011721857193676.html
68) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10512114
69) http://www.africanews.com/site/Zimbabwe_Blood_diamonds_go_on_sale/list_messages/34014
70) http://www.africanews.com/site/Zimbabwe_in_Kimberly_Process_boycott/list_messages/36199
71) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10411137
72) http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/12/20111251575933726.html
73) http://www.africanews.com/site/Angola_licences_19_000_mining_firms/list_messages/2364
74) http://www.africanews.com/site/Zimbabwe_Vice_President_implicated_in_blood_diamonds/list_messages/23177
75) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10373247
76) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7104465.stm
77) http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/10/2011101182548937118.html
78) http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/24/business/sierra-leone-ernest-bai-koroma/index.html?iref=allsearch
79) http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/08/30/rights-group-calls-on-foreign-banks-to-investigate-blood-diamonds/
80) http://www.africanews.com/site/S_Leone_chases_US_for_stolen_jewels/list_messages/25744
81) http://www.africanews.com/site/Zimbabwe_6_diamond_mining_officials_arrested/list_messages/35851
82) http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/12/05/pkg-rivers-uk-blood-diamond.cnn?iref=allsearch
83) http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/12/05/ctw-intv-annie-dunnebacke-global-witness-blood-diamonds.cnn?iref=allsearch
84) http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/12/07/intv-diamond-kimberly-process.cnn?iref=allsearch
85) http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/05/questions-answers-africas-blood-diamonds-originated-preventative-measures/
86)
http://www.africanews.com/site/Zimbabwe_gets_71m_from_diamond_auction/list_messages/34062
87)
http://www.africanews.com/site/US_gem_trade_group_bans_Zimbabwe_diamonds/list_messages/34111
88) http://www.diamondne.ws/2011/06/25/civil-society-expresses-vote-of-no-confidence-in-conflict-diamond-scheme/
89) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2010/aug/10/blood-diamond-testimony?INTCMP=SRCH
90) http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/may/06/congo-human-rights?INTCMP=SRCH
91) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/dec/20/sierraleone.davidpallister?INTCMP=SRCH
92) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2010/jul/23/world-diamond-trade-map?INTCMP=SRCH
93) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/13/ratcliffe-naomi-campbell-blood-diamonds?INTCMP=SRCH
94) http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/10/blood-diamonds-fashion-tale-of-tyrannies?INTCMP=SRCH
95) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jan/21/india.theobserver?INTCMP=SRCH
96) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/idUK22527662920110413
97) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/12/15/zimbabwe-diamonds-idUKL6E7NF2PG20111215
98) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/12/05/uk-ivorycoast-gbagbo-icc-idUKTRE7B40WN20111205
99) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/11/30/us-jewellery-nigeria-chrisaire-idUKTRE7AT0ZE20111130
100) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/14/uk-liberia-election-kingmaker-idUKTRE79D4KK20111014
101) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x99311_zimbabwe-army-massacre-civilians-in_news
^^this last video is especially relevant for this project, although it is reported that the diamonds are being sold illegally, changes were made by the Kimberley process and they are now legally traded.^^
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