NEEND UDAO! - WAKE UP! THE FIGHT FOR CLEAN WATER |
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Drums and singing protest, 19 May 2005
Women singing at midnight to wake politicians to their duty
Despite the beating they suffered two days earlier, protesters were in good spirits. The placards say "Obey the order of the Supreme Court"
Spoons and steel plates protest, 17 May 2005
FROM THE PIONEER
FROM THE HINDUSTAN TIMES
Goldman Prize winner Rasheeda Bee manhandled by police. She was later charged along with six other protesters with several spurious offences, one of which carries the maximum penalty of a life sentence
Peacefully protesting women and children were kicked and beaten down these stairs by police
PICTURES TAKEN BY AN ONLOOKER
Sathyu Sarangi of the Bhopal Group for Information and Action is beaten by police and dragged by his hair to a police van. He was later charged along with Rasheeda Bee and five others of spurious offences once of which carries a possible maximum life sentence
FROM DANIK BHASKAR NEWSPAPER
FROM DANIK JAGRAN
Click on this picture for a large version of Jagran's collage
FROM NAVBHARAT TIMES
Steel plates banged with spoons were the "weapons" used by these women from poor communities whose water has been poisoned by chemicals abandoned by Union Carbide at its derelict factory
FROM RAJ EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
Confusion and fear as police lash out with heavy poles at defenceless protesters, kicking, beating even women with babies and children
FROM RAJYA KI NAYI DUNIYA
