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TRADE ALERT: Rapaport Bans Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamonds
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The Rapaport Group and the RapNet Diamond Trading Network have implemented an immediate
trading ban on all diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields due to severe
human rights violations. The ban does not apply to diamonds from Zimbabwe that are
not from the Marange area. RapNet members should immediately remove all RapNet listings
of Marange diamonds. Firms and individuals that continue to trade in diamonds from
Marange will be denied access to all Rapaport services.
 - Recommended
Articles
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Rapaport Press Releases and Letters:
Reports of Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwean Diamond Fields:
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Dealers try to thwart conflict diamond trade in Zimbabwe, but loopholes persist
MediaGlobal - March 2009
- Stop Buying
and Selling Blood Diamonds by Martin Rapaport
Rapaport Diamond Report - February 2009
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Letter to Diamond Retailers Regarding Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds
Human Rights Watch - December 17, 2009
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Rapaport Bans Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamonds by Martin Rapaport
RDR - December 2009
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Zimbabwe's Diamond Mines Lead to Rape, Murder, and Thievery
Fast Company Magazine - December 1, 2009
- Zimbabwe Faction Seizes Diamond
Riches to Buy Power
Diamonds.net - November 30, 2009
- Human Rights Reports Ongoing Abuses
in October
Diamonds.net – November 7, 2009
- Press Release on Zimbabwe
World Diamond Council – November 6, 2009
- Africa’s Diamond Trade Under
Scrutiny
New York Times - November 4, 2009
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Zimbabwe, Diamonds and the Wrong Side of History
Partnership Africa Canada Report – March 2009
The following report was kept secret by the Kimberley Process
and finally made public by the New York Times on Nov. 4, 2009
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The Marange Mines are located within the Chiadzwa Diamond Fields in the Mutare West
region, 90km southwest of the city of Mutare on the eastern border of Mozambique.
Map courtesy of allaboutgemstones.com
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For additional information about the ban and how to identify Marange diamonds email
zimbabwe@diamonds.net or contact your
local RapNet representative.
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