The Diamonds
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| Origin | Canada |
|---|---|
| Record labels | Mercury Records |
| Members | Dave Somerville |
| Jerry Siggins | |
| Ted Kowalski | |
| Glenn Stetson | |
| Gary Owens | |
| Sean Sotter | |
| Jeff Dolan | |
| Albums | Bandstand Boogie! |
| Live | |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Rock | |
| Pop | |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 2046286 |
About The Diamonds
The Diamonds are a Canadian vocal quartet that rose to prominence in the 1950s and early 1960s with 16 Billboard hit records. The original members were Dave Somerville, Ted Kowalski, Phil Levitt, and Bill Reed.
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... rights groups have regularly called on to restrict The Diamonds classified as conflict diamonds , the exports, and again in 2011 The sad truth is that diamonds rights violations in Marange, or elsewhere, can be marred estimates by people continues to be the global diamond market, He that about 40 deaths occur annually as a result of the abuse of mineworkers...
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Does Zimbabwe have mines, the forced labor in its diamond?
, The U.S. government prohibited importation of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe earlier this month over concerns that the forced labour of the mines in the African nation.
Zimbabwe has rejected the allegations. Secretary for Information Nick Mangwana says the US has no evidence, and that Washington was "misinformed or misled".
The mining region of Marange in Eastern Zimbabwe is estimated to be one of The World 's richest diamond reserves and is one of the most important revenue earner for a country in dire economic Straits.
Zimbabwe' s rough diamond exportsUS$million
source: Kimberley process what is the US indictment?The US-cites employment practices, in which people that allow you to work in the mines, the safety of the officials, you are in the safe area.
Once inside, according to Brenda Smith of the US customs and border protection Agency, the workers were not allowed to leave, and those who resist will be punished with physical/sexual violence or arrest.
The U.S. government says it's documented "well".
What is The Evidence ?the access for journalists and rights groups in these areas is severely restricted, with the special permission required to obtain access.
A group that has collected monitored employment practices in the Marange diamond mines, the testimonies of forced labour practices.
The Chairman of The Bocha diamond, trust, Moses Mukwada, said the BBC that it had driven cases of villagers together and forced labour in the mines.
Other groups, however, are more cautious.
The Centre for Natural Resources Governance (CNRG), an organization that campaigns for the rights in the mining industry, says it has documented physical violence against miners, but not the information that forced labour is widespread.
"As an organization, we are not completely, since the Problem [of forced labour], but we have no information that [the U.S. government], and we would like to know who is forcing whom," says Simiso Mlevu, a spokesman for CNRG.
The army and private security forces control access to the Marange diamond minesThis is not the First Time that allegations of Human Rights violations, addressed to the government of Zimbabwe's operation in the Marange mines.
rights groups have regularly called on to restrict The Diamonds classified as "conflict diamonds", the exports, and again in 2011
"The sad truth is that diamonds rights violations in Marange, or elsewhere, can be marred estimates by people continues to be the global diamond market,"
He that about 40 deaths occur annually as a result of the abuse of mineworkers.
workers ' rights elsewhere in ZimbabweHuman Rights Watch released a report, in the year 2018, which is to say that forced labour is a Problem in the country.
to document The US government also published a report, in the last year.
But, of Zimbabwe says it is, efforts to combat forced labour and eliminate it in 2019, with the ratification of the UN Convention on forced labour, the obligation of The Practice .
reality check, united states, zimbabwe
Source of news: bbc.com
