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blood in the mobile (2010)

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  1. kad budu gorjeli gradovi

    kad budu gorjeli gradovi Experienced Member Experienced member


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    “Blood in the Mobile” is the story about how our phones are connected to illegal mining in Congo (DRC). Every time we communicate through our cell phones we are associated with the crimes in Congo.
    Congo is a country of many natural resources like gold, diamonds, rubber, coltan and cassiterite. But instead of causing Congo wealth, these resources have ended up fuelling the bloodiest war since WWII. 5 million people have died, estimated 300.000 women have been raped.
    The film focuses on the mineral cassiterite - a mineral used for producing tin, which is used for the production of all kinds of electronic devices - including mobile phones.
    Director Frank Piasecki Poulsen visits a mine in Bisie. Bisie is one of the largest and most notorious illegal mines in the region. It happens frequently that some of the mineshafts collapse and miners are being buried alive.
    Child labor, prostitution of under age girls and lack of rights and protection of miners are some of the conditions around the mining operations of cassiterite. The money from the minerals is financing the war in the region.

    In 2008 two reports from a UN Group of Experts has established that:

    • ”There is a direct causal link between the metals trade in eastern DRC and atrocities perpetrated by armed groups against Congolese civilians”.
    • All of the main armed groups involved in the current fighting in eastern DRC finance themselves through the trade in high-value minerals.
    • These minerals are processed into metals such as tin (cassiterite) and tantalum (coltan), which are used in the manufacture of mobile phones.
    (Source: The UN Group of Experts (December 2008), and the UN Group of Experts S/2008/43 (February 2008))

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    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wQhlLuBwOtE[/video]

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    website

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    (downloadable via torrent)
     

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