Prison laborers in a diamond mining pit in Sierra Leon

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Workmen shoveling in the yellow dirt of a diamond mine, a young boy in close up Many of the prisoner-laborers who work Sierra Leone's open-pit mines end up in shallow graves, executed for suspected theft, for lack of production, or simply for sport. (© Jean-Claude Coutausse/ CONTACT Press Images) Source: http://www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/diamonds.html