Vote NO.28 Jan 2020 15:50
On Tuesday 30th April 2019, Inminds Human Rights Group along with other activists, protested outside the AGM of the multinational mining company Anglo American in London. Anglo American owns De Beers - the worlds leading diamond company. The protest demanded Anglo American/De Beers end its trade in Israeli blood diamonds.
Eye-catching banners were displayed and pro-justice music was played. It was positively received by the public who snatched up hundreds of leaflets in no time, and stopped to chat, to learn about the issues involved. A short speech explained why we were there and the shortcomings of the Kimberley Process, purposely neutered to white-wash Israeli blood diamonds. Many had no idea of the horrendous human right abuses that profits from diamonds bankroll, further up the the chain away, from the mines.
A group of activists also went inside to attend the AGM, as concerned shareholders, asking many difficult questions to the board of Anglo American regards their culpability in Israels war crimes, and the risks it opens the company to. They handed a 24 page report on these, to each member of the board as well as to the other shareholders attending the AGM.