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Article

6 Nov 2009

Author:
Human Rights Watch

Kimberley Process: Zimbabwe Action Mars Credibility

The credibility of the world's "blood diamond" monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights abuses and smuggling in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe..."The group that monitors blood diamonds essentially ignored the blood being shed in Zimbabwe's diamond fields," said Georgette Gagnon, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "That decision puts diamond consumers at risk of buying blood diamonds..."To its discredit, the Kimberley Process showed a lack of political will to compel Zimbabwe to end abuses that the group's own review team has condemned," Gagnon said. "This diamond monitoring body has utterly lost credibility."