the conflict diamonds
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The Conflict Diamonds
By: Joao, Tom and Ryan
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What are Conflict Diamonds?
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They’re better known as Blood Diamonds, and are rough diamonds mined in
conflict zones
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When originally mined, they look like this
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They are used mainly to fuel armed rebel
groups
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Groups like these are armed and extremely dangerous
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Conflict diamonds are found in areas
like:
Sierra Leone
Angola
The Democratic Republic of Congo
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These rebel groups fight against each other
causing hundreds of civilian casualties with the government also
getting involved
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Do you think it’s fair that this girl has to cry, that she has
to suffer for the death of her
parents, who died during a war
between rebel groups?
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The rebels force men, women and children
to work sifting for diamonds. They beat
the men and even rape the women
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Rebels even cut off limbs from certain
workers who refused to work, and to “teach
them a lesson”
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This man mourns over his lost hand
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And the look in this young man’s eyes can
tell you everything that he’s been through
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This needs to be stopped immediately. People like us just can’t sit and let this happen to
innocent people
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But what can I do?
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The least we can do, is to check if a diamond is conflict free whenever one is bought
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Do it for those who are affected, do it for the world…..