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Add Your Voice: Ask Oprah to Renounce Leviev’s Blood Diamonds & Illegal Settlements

by Adalah-NY (info [at] adalahny.org)
One week ago Adalah-NY launched an online appeal to US megastar and social justice philanthropist Oprah Winfrey calling on her to publicly distance herself from the abusive business practices of the companies of Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev in Palestine and Angola. Ms. Winfrey was featured wearing Leviev diamond earrings on the cover of the May 2015 edition of O, The Oprah Magazine, lending Leviev her credibility. Over 2500 people have now signed our online letter to Ms. Winfrey, and also emailed that letter to her team.
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One week ago Adalah-NY launched an online appeal to US megastar and social justice philanthropist Oprah Winfrey calling on her to publicly distance herself from the abusive business practices of the companies of Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev in Palestine and Angola. Ms. Winfrey was featured wearing Leviev diamond earrings on the cover of the May 2015 edition of O, The Oprah Magazine, lending Leviev her credibility.

Over 2500 people have now signed our online letter to Ms. Winfrey, and also emailed that letter to her team. Our campaign was covered by the Atlanta Blackstar. These are great developments, but Oprah Winfrey and her team have not yet taken action. They seem to still need to hear from more people that we care about this issue.

If you have not signed the letter yet, we encourage you to add your voice to those calling on Oprah Winfrey to publicly distance herself from Leviev’s companies’ brutal human rights abuses in Angola’s diamond industry and their construction of illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.

Click here to view and then sign the online letter and to email Oprah Winfrey's team: http://adalahny.org/web-action/1285/open-letter-oprah-winfrey-re-lev-leviev

To view the Atlanta Blackstar's report: http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/07/02/human-rights-groups-call-oprah-cut-ties-israeli-diamond-billionaire/
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US megastar and social justice philanthropist Oprah Winfrey wore diamond earrings made by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev on the cover of the May 2015 edition of O, the Oprah Magazine. She wore the earrings despite the fact that Leviev’s companies have been involved in brutal human rights abuses in the diamond industry in Angola and in the construction of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. Please join the call for Ms. Winfrey to support the human rights of Angolans and Palestinians.

Ask Oprah Winfrey to Renounce Leviev’s Angolan Blood Diamonds and Israeli Settlements

July 1 - US megastar and social justice philanthropist Oprah Winfrey wore diamond earrings made by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev on the cover of the May 2015 edition of O, the Oprah Magazine. She wore the earrings despite the fact that Leviev’s companies have been involved in brutal human rights abuses in the diamond industry in Angola and in the construction of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. On May 29, Adalah-NY emailed the letter below, signed by nine organizations and 34 individuals from the US, Palestine, Israel and South Africa to: Ms. Winfrey; Sheri Salata and Eric Logan, Presidents of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN); Lucy Kaylin, Editor in Chief of O; and Gayle King, Editor at Large of O. The letter calls on Ms. Winfrey to demonstrate that she does not support Leviev’s abusive business practices by publicly distancing herself from his companies. Following email exchanges and phone calls between letter signers and executives from O and OWN over the course of more than three weeks, Ms. Winfrey’s representatives have failed to provide a promised response to the letter.

Please join the call for Ms. Winfrey to support the human rights of Angolans and Palestinians. Fill out and submit the form on the link below in order to sign the letter and email a copy to: Chelsea Hettrick, Communications Director at OWN; Lucy Kaylin, Editor in Chief of O; and Karla Gonzalez, Assistant to Lucy Kaylin at O.

Thanks for your support!

Click here to sign the letter to Oprah Winfrey: http://adalahny.org/web-action/1285/open-letter-oprah-winfrey-re-lev-leviev

Click here for a related press release: http://adalahny.org/press-release/1286/oprah-winfrey-asked-renounce-israeli-diamond-mogul-leviev-over-rights-abuses

For media coverage see: http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/07/02/human-rights-groups-call-oprah-cut-ties-israeli-diamond-billionaire/
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