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HUMAN RIGHTS campaigners marched on Whitehall yesterday to deliver a 41,000-strong petition opposing Britain’s use of “bloody” mobile phones to Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond.
Mr Hammond was urged to support EU legislation curbing the use of conflict minerals in electronic goods, such as mobile phones and surgical instruments.
The protest took place while representatives of EU member states met in Brussels to discuss new laws that would ban the use of metals mined in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Colombia and Burma.
As the world marks International Women’s Day, African women warn that wars, mineral grabs and militarism are drowning out promises of peace. Human rights defender MARIE-CLAIRE FARAY explains
The horrors in the Congo have much in common with Gaza’s genocide, most notably the financial and military support of the US, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
