Zimbabwe army 'runs diamond mine'

by Babel-Fish | June 26, 2009 at 05:16 pm
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Lobby group Human Rights Watch has accused Zimbabwe's army of using forced labour, including children, to mine diamonds in the east of the country.

Local villagers who do not co-operate with the military are beaten and tortured, the US-based group says.

Their report also details an alleged massacre of diamond diggers last year, after the disputed elections.

This has become the norm in other African nations as well.   

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If this is true it would be very sad and should bring condemnation from the United Nations and other World powers as this type of behavior is unacceptable.

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