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Kimberley Process: Zimbabwe Action Mars Credibility

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:31:12 -0800

(Johannesburg) - 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, Human Rights Watch said today.

Kimberley Process: Suspend Zimbabwe

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:01:01 -0700

Letter to Indian Minister for External Affairs and Ambassador to Zimbabwe in Advance of Kimberley Process Meeting

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:30 -0700

S. M. Krishna
Minister of External Affairs
Government of India
New Delhi

Ambassador Venkatesan Ashok
Embassy of India
Harare
Zimbabwe

Dear Minister Krishna and Ambassador Ashok,

Letter to Belgian Vice-Prime Minister and Finance Minister in Advance of Kimberley Process Meeting

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:30 -0700

Mr. Didier Reynders
Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Bruxelles

Dear Minister Reynders,

I am writing in advance of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) plenary session in Swakopmund, Namibia next week to encourage Belgium to support Zimbabwe's suspension from the KPCS.

Letter to South African Minister of Mineral Resources in Advance of Kimberley Process Meeting

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:30 -0700

Ms. Susan Shabangu
Minister of Mineral Resources

Dear Minister Shabangu,

I am writing in advance of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) plenary session in Swakopmund, Namibia next week to encourage South Africa to support Zimbabwe's suspension from the KPCS.

Equatorial Guinea: Resource Cursed

Tutu Alicante, Lisa Misol — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:54:04 -0700

Imagine a tiny country flush with oil money, where the wealth per person is on par with that of Spain or Italy. Now picture a place quite the opposite, where nearly two-thirds of the population lives in extreme poverty and infant and child mortality rates are on par with those of the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Zimbabwe: Military Sustains Grip on Diamond Fields

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:33:26 -0700

(Johannesburg) - Zimbabwe has failed to remove its armed forces from the diamond fields in Marange and to end related human rights abuses there, Human Rights Watch said today. As a result, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) should suspend Zimbabwe immediately.

Letter to Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt Regarding the Mineral Trade and Armed Conflict in Eastern DR Congo

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:37:33 -0700

Dear Minister,

Well Oiled

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:15:00 -0700

This 107-page report details how the dictatorship under President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has used an oil boom to entrench and enrich itself further at the expense of the country's people.

Equatorial Guinea: Account for Oil Wealth

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:10:45 -0700

(Madrid)- The government of Equatorial Guinea has set new low standards of political and economic malfeasance in handling its billions of dollars in oil revenue instead of improving the lives of its citizens, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.