The Sunday Times reports that the Zimbabwe government has arrested and incarcerated a member of the Zimbabwe Parliament who had intended to reveal the site of an alleged mass grave site of diamond miners to Kimberley Process (KP) representatives scheduled to visit the country this week.



Shuwa Mudiwa, who represents the area of the Marange diamond fields where the reported massacres occurred, was arrested on kidnapping charges before he could reveal the location of the grave site.



The delegation from the Kimberley Process was supposed to visit Zimbabwe this week and meet with Mudiwa regarding the alleged massacre. According to the Sunday Times, other people who were to have met with the KP delegation have been harassed and intimidated as well.



The Zimbabwean diamond diggers were reportedly shot by soldiers from helicopters when the Zimbabwe government attempted to bring the diamond fields under military control. Human rights groups claim to possess evidence proving that up to 250 people were murdered in the incident. Zimbabwe denies that the massacre ever took place.