Will Switzerland Ban Diamonds From Zimbabwe?
The country is all set to host the huge jewellery exhibition in Basel, considered to possibly be the largest show in the world. However, human rights activists are asking the country to ban diamonds from Zimbabwe saying that many of them are blood diamonds. As Switzerland is part of the Kimberly Process, the activists feel it is honour-bound to speak out against the atrocities that go on in this part of the world and show that they are serious in cleaning up the diamond business.
What human rights campaigners feel is that though many of these countries are a part of the Kimberly Process, they do not always stand up even though they might suspect that the diamonds coming through could be conflict diamonds. It has still not banned Zimbabwe in spite of the fact that there have been instances to prove that conflict diamonds were making their way into the regular trade.
Tags: Diamonds, Kimberly Process, Zimbabwe
