Central African Republic and Philippines: Slave Labour behind 'Blood Diamonds' Jewelry Dug from African Mines by Children

Oct 1, 2015 | Imogen Calderwood. Daily Mail
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The jewellery around your neck and on your fingers is still being dug out of the earth by slave children facing extreme danger, two new hard-hitting reports have revealed. Amnesty International has released a stark warning that the global diamond market is about to be flooded with 'blood diamonds' prised from mines by children as young as 11. Meanwhile, thousands of children as young as nine are being forced to work in horrifying underground and underwater mines at depths of up to 25m in the Philippines, according to Human Rights Watch.