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This is their final stop on a long journey that is often not so sparkling, as evidenced by the testimonies of Progress, Ibrahim and Héritier in this video. They were brave to share their stories, which are unfortunately far from unique. Tens of thousands of people who live where diamonds are mined, across the globe, continue to live with conflict today. For them, diamonds do not represent love; they symbolize harm to their lives, livelihoods and environment.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe data-placeholder-image="https://www.kpcivilsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/complianz/placeholders/youtubebiPHJY1_zJI-maxresdefault.webp" data-category="marketing" data-service="youtube" class="cmplz-placeholder-element cmplz-iframe cmplz-iframe-styles cmplz-video " data-cmplz-target="src" data-src-cmplz="https://www.youtube.com/embed/biPHJY1_zJI?feature=oembed" title="We need to talk about diamonds" width="770" height="433" src="about:blank" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <div class="wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-sharing gb-block-sharing gb-share-icon-only gb-share-shape-circular 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Communities living in diamond mining areas know little about how diamonds, which so greatly impact their lives, are marketed and consumed. Equally, those who sell the diamonds know too little about where their diamonds come from or under what circumstances they were mined. 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Watch the full video and join the conversation: <a href="https://t.co/DggflrocLQ">https://t.co/DggflrocLQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/UC4hCIMXkU">pic.twitter.com/UC4hCIMXkU</a></p>— KP_CivilSocietyCoalition (@KPCivilSociety1) <a href="https://twitter.com/KPCivilSociety1/status/1359872310166114307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script type="text/plain" data-service="twitter" data-category="marketing" async="" data-cmplz-src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <blockquote data-service="twitter" data-category="marketing" data-placeholder-image="https://www.kpcivilsociety.org/wp-content/plugins/complianz-gdpr-premium/assets/images/placeholders/twitter-minimal.jpg" class="cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">??? On <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ValentinesDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ValentinesDay</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/diamonds?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#diamonds</a> should represent love, but for many communities who live where diamonds are mined, they represent harm to life and livelihood. 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