Zimbabwe: Withdrawal of Basic Freedoms of the Marange Community to Pave the Way for Diamond Mining
Zimbabwe: Withdrawal of Basic Freedoms of the Marange Community to Pave the Way for Diamond Mining

Summary/Abstract: The diamond-rich Marange community in eastern Zimbabwe has been converted to an open prison in order to cover up human rights violations, diamond looting and secure compliance with the Kimbrley Process – the UN backed global rough diamond governance mechanism established in 2003. Whilst the Kimbrley Process has been pleased with high security standards in Marange, enforced by a strong contingency of Zimbabwe’s military, Police and secret agents; this security comes at a huge cost to the rural Marange community which is now used to living under the careful watch of security forces. But is the Protected Places and Areas Act in conformity with the Zimbabwean Constitution?

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