Assignment: Zimbabwe's Diamond Fields

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2011

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Have you bought a diamond recently? Would you really know where it came from? Assignment goes into Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields and uncovers evidence of torture camps and wide-scale killings.

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading from the BBC.
0:03.0	The details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use
0:07.0	go to BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts.
0:13.0	And now assignment.
0:15.0	Hilary Anderson investigates killings and torture in Zimbabwe's Diamond Fields.
0:20.0	The program includes scenes some listeners may find disturbing.
0:24.0	Deep in the mountains of eastern Zimbabwe vast riches lie scattered.
0:33.0	The Marangi Diamond Fields are some of the most valuable in the world.
0:37.0	But would you buy a Marangi Diamond?
0:40.0	I do not think people have the right to buy these diamonds at the moment.
0:48.0	It's like selling dripping blood.
0:52.0	In this edition of the BBC's assignment program, we exposed torture camps in Zimbabwe's Diamond Fields.
0:59.0	The dogs were biting him. One of his ears was torn off.
1:04.0	We reveal details of a massacre that few people have ever heard of.
1:08.0	And we investigate allegations that Zimbabwe's security forces carried out the killings
1:13.0	to get control of the Diamond Area.
1:16.0	I was shooting directly to the people.
1:18.0	With an AK-47.
1:20.0	We ask whether this was a crime against humanity.
1:23.0	And if so, whether President Mugabe and his senior officers will be held to account.
1:31.0	We're in Mozambique in southern Africa.
1:33.0	And we're heading towards the border region of Zimbabwe where the diamonds are produced.
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