"BLOOD DIAMONDS"
Memunatu Mansaray holds a sign at a protest in NYC
against 'conflict diamonds' as Bintu Amara stands on her crutch. Rep. Tony
P. Hall joined human-rights activists and victims of Sierra Leone's diamond wars
for a protest highlighting the role American consumers are unwittingly
playing in funding some African wars. They marched to Cartier Jewelers on 5th
Avenue to demonstrate and hand out leaflets aimed at educating consumers
about this blood trade. Memunatu and Bintu Amara are victims of rebel
atrocities in Sierra Leone. They are in the US for artificial limbs donated
by a Staten Island prosthetist, Dr. Matthew Mirones.
