The electronics industry is responsible for the war in the Congo
What do PC and Mac users have in common? The fact that both of them finance the bloodiest war since the Second World War with their money. Such is the idea of the commercial that Enough activists are spreading ! Project .
Armed groups in the Congo fully control exports of tantalum, tungsten and tin to the global electronics industry. For money, the militants are buying new weapons.
During the 12 years of conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , 5.4 million people have already died. “The disgusting paradox of the 21st century is that some of the most elegant symbols of modernity — smartphones, laptops, and digital cameras — are made of the minerals that fuel massacres and violence in the Congo,” writes the NY Times newspaper in the editorial column Death to a Gadget "Dedicated to this particular problem.
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Congo ranks second in the world in terms of poverty. According to eyewitnesses , the children there are forced to have their parents, and the woman has almost no chance of avoiding rape.
The UN officially recognized the eastern regions of the country as the most dangerous place to live on Earth.
In the US, a social movement is unfolding, which aims to stop the use of Apple and other companies of the so-called " conflict minerals " in their products.
Armed groups in the Congo fully control exports of tantalum, tungsten and tin to the global electronics industry. For money, the militants are buying new weapons.
During the 12 years of conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , 5.4 million people have already died. “The disgusting paradox of the 21st century is that some of the most elegant symbols of modernity — smartphones, laptops, and digital cameras — are made of the minerals that fuel massacres and violence in the Congo,” writes the NY Times newspaper in the editorial column Death to a Gadget "Dedicated to this particular problem.
')
Congo ranks second in the world in terms of poverty. According to eyewitnesses , the children there are forced to have their parents, and the woman has almost no chance of avoiding rape.
The UN officially recognized the eastern regions of the country as the most dangerous place to live on Earth.
In the US, a social movement is unfolding, which aims to stop the use of Apple and other companies of the so-called " conflict minerals " in their products.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/97984/
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