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Article

14 Mar 2012

Author:
AFP

Angolan activist testifies in 'blood diamonds' hearing

Angolan anti-graft campaigner Rafael Marques testified Wednesday to prosecutors investigating his claims that seven generals committed crimes against humanity in the country's diamond fields. Marques...has accused the generals of being behind torture and killings committed by soldiers as well as by private security forces hired to protect diamond concessions in the northeastern Lundas region. He has singled out the Cuango Mining Society [in his lawsuit], a consortium that includes a company called Lumanhe, in which he says the generals have a stake...Once the investigation is complete, prosecutors will decide whether to bring the case to trial...Marques said four of the 10 victims named in the case had given testimony.