1.0 link 222095 <![CDATA[Massacres, Forced Labour Torment Zimbabwe Diamond Fields]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-matthews/massacres-forced-labour-t_b_222095.html Military control over diamond mining in Zimbabwe's eastern Marange district has resulted in a brutal mix of massacres, forced labour, beatings and rape.

This is according to a comprehensive report released last week by Human Rights Watch (HRW), the New York-based rights NGO, which interviewed over 100 people in the region in February 2009.

Mining in Marange began in 2006. Initially the government allowed anybody to prospect in the area. Then it started clamping down. Recognizing the mines...

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