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Marange, Chiadzwa and other diamond fields and the Kimberley Process - Index of articles
CiCZ congratulates Maguwu
Crisis
in Zimbabwe Coalition
November 10, 2011
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coaltion wishes to congratulate Mr. Farai
Maguwu the Director of the Center
for Research and Development Zimbabwe for being honored with
the prestigious Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.
The award beckons
human rights defender to stand tall and refuse to be intimidated
and harrased as these are tactics to remove them from the focus
of their objectives. Farai Maguwu's tremendous courage in
exposing abuses in Zimbabwe's diamond fields and demanding
transparency and accountability in the extraction of these precious
stones, helped generate international attention to the serious human
rights violations that were taking place in Zimbabwe and forced
the government towards complying with the Kimberly Process Certification
scheme.
There is no
doubt in the minds of many Zimbabweans that even the few steps that
have been taken to ensure that smuggling is halted, transparency
is foisted and that violations of human rights are reduced in the
extraction and sale of diamonds in Zimbabwe, by the state are as
a result of Farai's sterling and brave work.
Farai, who the
Crisis in Zimbabwe awarded with the Human Rights and Democracy Individual
Award for 2009, is well worthy of the recognition that Human Rights
Watch has given him.
As we celebrate
the valor of Farai Maguwu and celebrate his honor, we are certain
that the award will help in continuing to flush a sharp light on
the Marange
diamond fields, and that it will aid all well meaning Zimbabweans
to continue to increase calls to the government extract and sell
diamonds within the confines of international standards as enshrined
in the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme.
Continuing his
calls for the demilitarization of the diamond fields, and ensuring
that diamond revenue benefits all in Zimbabwe not just the new diamond
oligarchs, best honors Farai's honor.
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