1 / 14

Blood Diamonds

Blood Diamonds. By: Kevork Boyadjian Danny Ward. The Start. The start of the these killings and the illicit diamonds trade is when the Revolutionary United Front (R.U.F.) crossed the Liberian border to Sierra Leone.

alyn
Download Presentation

Blood Diamonds

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Blood Diamonds • By: • Kevork Boyadjian • Danny Ward

  2. The Start • The start of the these killings and the illicit diamonds trade is when the Revolutionary United Front (R.U.F.) crossed the Liberian border to Sierra Leone • Brown, Pervinia P. "Blood Diamonds." WorldPress. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.worldpress.org/africa/2193.cfm>. http://www-pub.naz.edu:9000/~srourke6/images/gallery2_8.gif

  3. The Rise • The Government of Sierra Leone started Operation Genesis to stop R.U.F., but they could not stop them • During the 1996 election the R.U.F attacked civilians • Brown, Pervinia P. "Blood Diamonds." WorldPress. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.worldpress.org/africa/2193.cfm>. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2005/westafrica0405/westafrica0405_files/image001.jpg

  4. Blood Diamonds • In the late 1990’s the R.U.F started distributing illicit diamonds from Sierra Leone to the rest of the world • Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS." Sanctions and War. United Nations Department of Public Information, 21 Mar. 2001. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html>. http://www.amnesty.org.hk/UserFiles/Image/abc/conflict_diamond/8990_web.jpg

  5. The Growth of Illicit Diamonds • The Illicit Diamond trading grew R.U.F into a huge business millions of dollars worth of diamonds was flowing all around the world • Even though this was happening in the time no one really cared about what was happening • Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS." Sanctions and War. United Nations Department of Public Information, 21 Mar. 2001. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html>.

  6. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00995/diamond-460_995716c.jpghttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00995/diamond-460_995716c.jpg

  7. Effect The people of Sierra Leone were being hurt and tortured for the beauty of the diamonds “The international diamond industry's trading centers in Europe funded this horror by buying up to $125 million worth of diamonds a year from the RUF” http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/images/Blood%20Diamonds.jpg Cambell, Greg. "Blood Diamonds." Amnesty International USA. 2007. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/diamonds.html>.

  8. http://www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/diamonds.html

  9. Effects (Continued) “Throughout the 1990s, children like Jusu Lahia armed themselves with diamond-purchased AK-47s and, under the nose of the United Nations, helped the rebels sell the gems to terrorists.” http://www.operationbrokensilence.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/5811_600x399_600x399_0x0.jpg Cambell, Greg. "Blood Diamonds." Amnesty International USA. 2007. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/diamonds.html>.

  10. Differences Between Legal and Illicit Diamonds Mines Illicit • Legal http://diamonds-usa.com/blog/images/ekati_diamond_mine.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Sierra_Leone_diamond_mining1.jpg

  11. http://whataboutafrica.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/blood-diamonds.jpghttp://whataboutafrica.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/blood-diamonds.jpg

  12. The Price for Beauty The price for these beautiful gems is 20,000 people getting there hands, ears, legs, and lips cut off . The deaths was speculated to be around 75,000 Cambell, Greg. "Blood Diamonds." Amnesty International USA. 2007. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/diamonds.html>. http://undercovered.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/diamondsprice.jpg

  13. NOW With all of the conflict diamonds roaming around the Earth, people started to put several different embargos on diamonds in Africa. Also they now have a system to identify the origin of the diamond that you purchase so you know its conflict free http://applesofgold.com/jewelryblog/images/2009/01/diamond.jpg Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS." Sanctions and War. United Nations Department of Public Information, 21 Mar. 2001. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html>.

  14. References • Brown, Pervinia P. "Blood Diamonds." WorldPress. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.worldpress.org/africa/2193.cfm>.EditDeleteCambell, Greg. "Blood Diamonds." Amnesty International USA. 2007. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/diamonds.html>.EditDeleteCampino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS." Sanctions and War. United Nations Department of Public Information, 21 Mar. 2001. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html>.EditDelete"Sierra Leone Conflict Diamonds." Stop Blood Diamonds. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.stopblooddiamonds.org/sierra-leone-conflict-diamonds.asp>.EditDelete"West African Diamonds Mines - Sierra Leone." All About Gemstones. 2007. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.khulsey.com/jewelry/kh_jewelry_conflict_diamonds.html>.

More Related