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The Human Rights Watch Chicago Committee, in partnership with Leber Jeweler Inc., presents
EXPOSURE OF BLOOD DIAMONDS IN ZIMBABWE
A discussion with Tiseke Kasambala and Brian Leber
Featuring
Tiseke Kasambala, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch
Brian Leber, President, Leber Jeweler Inc.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 5:30 PM
Leber Jeweler Inc.
303 West Erie Street
Chicago
Free and open to the public
RSVP to Stephen Steim at stephen.steim@hrw.org or
312-573-2452.
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In late June 2009, Human Rights Watch published a report documenting horrific human rights abuses by Zimbabwe's police and military in the Marange diamond mines. Using her timely, on-the-ground information, senior researcher Tiseke Kasambala has been pressing governments, the diamond industry, and international regulators to keep Zimbabwe from exporting Marange diamonds until abuses are addressed.
Human Rights Watch has launched an "Ask Before You Buy" campaign on blood diamonds. Join us to learn more.
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Tiseke Kasambala
Senior Researcher, Africa Division |
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Tiseke Kasambala has researched Zimbabwe for Human Rights Watch since 2004. She released several reports and briefing papers on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe, including state-sponsored repression and violence, economic, social and cultural rights such as HIV/AIDS, and the right to housing. She has covered the disputed presidential elections in 2008, marked by government-sponsored violence, the 2005 parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe and the displacement of 700,000 Zimbabweans during mass evictions in 2005. Recently, Kasambala has begun to cover other African countries, such as Sudan, with a focus on international justice issues. Before joining Human Rights Watch, Kasambala worked as a campaigner and researcher on southern Africa for Amnesty International. She has a master's degree in Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Brian Leber
President, Leber Jeweler Inc. |
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Brian Leber, president of Leber Jeweler Inc. is an advocate for a range of human rights and environmental issues. He is a strong voice for reform within the gem and jewelry trade while focusing on constructive and sustainable development of natural resources throughout the world. He is active in Washington DC, working with members of the US government and non-governmental organizations including Human Rights Watch on a myriad of global issues, with a primary focus on sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Afghanistan/Pakistan region. Since 2003, he has actively researched and highlighted the involvement of Robert Mugabe's regime with Zimbabwe's diamond trade and continues to brief lawmakers on this topic. Mr. Leber is involved with a variety of trade and development-related initiatives, working with both governments and the private sector. He also lectures and writes on topics relating to corporate social responsibility and business ethics.
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Photo: Groups of miners in the diamond fields in Marange, Zimbabwe, in 2006.
© 2006 Associated Press |
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