Congo (Kinshasa): Averting the Nightmare Scenario
14 September 2007“Between 1996 and 2002, the two massive wars fought in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were arguably the world’s deadliest since World War II. With almost no international fanfare, Congo is on the brink of its third major war in the last decade, and almost nothing is being done to stop it,” according to [...]
Boycott Conflict Diamonds
17 March 2000Physicians for Human Rights
July 17, 2000
Open Letter to the World Diamond Congress
Antwerp, Belgium
To whom it may concern:
We the undersigned human rights, religious, development, humanitarian, and consumer organizations call upon the international diamond industry to announce immediate, practical measures to end the international trade in conflict diamonds. We are dismayed that despite clear evidence that international [...]