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Article: New 'Conflict Diamond' Campaign Urged.
- Article from:
- Jewelers Circular Keystone
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
- Author:
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Human rights groups vowed to turn up the volume on their conflict diamond "consumer awareness" campaign -- kicking it off with a Valentine's Day press conference that included amputees from Sierra Leone.
The campaign will likely include further demonstrations outside jewelers, public relations efforts, and a postcard campaign to prominent retailers, particularly Zale, Tiffany, and Wal-Mart. The day before Valentine's Day, Amnesty International sponsored a third "conflict diamond" demonstration outside a Chicago-area Tiffany's. And Christian humanitarian organization World Vision placed conflict diamond-related classified ads in The New York Times on Valentine's ...