Diamonds have become the lifeblood of the Mugabe regime...In November 2009, the national army...in Marange [diamond fields]...massacred hundreds of people. Women were raped and people were rounded up...and tortured without food and water...Some [international] companies accused the Zimbabwe diamond mining companies of giving nothing to the [Zimbabwean] treasury and instead [of] serving army officials, leading to a continuation of...abuse to employees...A Global Witness report showed all diamond companies have links with the military...Are diamonds conflict diamonds? What message should we give to consumers?...[There] is a military junta which controls diamonds...set up parallel to government...[There] is conflict related to diamonds in Zimbabwe...It is hard to say if Zimbabwean diamonds are conflict free, or to advise consumers with a guilty conscience...The environment is [also] definitely a big issue but it is not accurate to say human rights abuses have ended. [refers to De Beers]