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Author Topic: Mozambique Rubies  (Read 1653 times)

harryopal

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Mozambique Rubies
« on: July 28, 2017, 03:28:41 PM »
A few weeks ago "Larkin" posted a query about rubies from Mozambique. I responded with a few comments including this:
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[/size]"...  vast areas of land taken over by mining companies with connivance from the government that has dispossessed many thousands of poorer Mozambicans from their traditional lands. Often people had eked out a living digging for gemstones in their areas but are then completely locked out and can be subjected to violence by security people patrolling the perimeters of the mining lease. "
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[/size]Today's Guardian carries a story:
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[/size]Footage captures police abuse at British-owned ruby mine in Mozambique

[/size]Here is a link that covers the story in detail.
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[/size]http://observers.france24.com/en/20170721-mozambique-mine-ruby-gemfields-violence-abuse
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[/size]It doesn't pay to be poor.

harryopal

 

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