December 08, 2006

December 3rd rally in Bhopal on film and in photographs

INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE IN BHOPAL, DECEMBER 7, 2006

In a strongly-attended rally on the occasion of the 22nd Anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal four organisations jointly leading the survivors' struggle condemned the role of the current Central and State governments in aiding the killers of Bhopal and prolonging the torture of the victims.

At the end of the rally at the Union Carbide factory, an effigy of a four limbed demon symbolizing the Dow Chemical Company with Anderson hiding behind it was set on fire by the protestors. The effigy held a chemical conical flask and a bag of money sitting atop bent figures symbolizing the Indian and state governments. In a meeting held near the memorial to the disaster, participants of the 800 kilometer long Bhopal-to-New Delhi march this year, were felicitated.

Read the full ICJB press release here

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