Author: Adrian
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Important Legal Developments
As you may be be aware, Dow Chemical/ Union Carbide are still embroiled in a number of legal cases surrounding the Bhopal Disaster. Dow chooses to maintain that a ‘full and final settlement’ was made, back in 1989, but that is simply not true and there have now been important developments in two of the outstanding cases.…
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Rally at Dow Chemical in Washington, DC on June 24
Our partners at Amnesty International USA are holding a rally on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at Dow Chemical in Washington, DC to urge the company to comply with a summons issued in the ongoing criminal case concerning the 1984 gas disaster in Bhopal, India. The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal has summoned Dow to appear on July…
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Get DOW into the Dirty Dozen!
AdBusters is running a campaign to expose the Dirty Dozen – a list of the 12 worst corporations. We’ve managed to get Dow on the list, but we need your help to keep them there, and move them up the chart. We need just one minute of your time to make sure the Dow Chemical Company makes it on…
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Help Improve Bhopal.net
We are calling on you for your support during one of the most critical points in the campaign, the 30th anniversary. Bhopal.net is a critical resource for the global solidarity movement for justice in Bhopal, and it NEEDS to be updated. We need your help. We have until July 11 to raise $5,000 in order…
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15 May 2014 – Dow blocks Amnesty & other shareholders’ cries to confront its liabilities in Bhopal
A shareholder resolution put forward by Amnesty International, Calvert Investments and other Dow Investors was blocked leading up to Dow’s Annual General Meeting. Amnesty’s press release is below, Calvert Invetment’s can be found here. Amnesty International Reports: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – As we near the 30th anniversary of the devastating gas leak from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal,…
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Press Release: Dow Holds Annual Shareholder Meeting, ICJB Protests
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 15, 2014 Dow Chemical Holds Annual General Meeting for Shareholders Gas disaster victims continue to suffer 30 years after Dow subsidiary Union Carbide leaked deadly gases on December 3, 1984 According to MarketWatch, the Dow Chemical Company posted $1.05 billion in first quarter profits in 2014, up from $635 million a…
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Press Statement: Survivors Rally on International Workers’ Memorial Day
Members of five organizations of survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal took part in a rally with torches on the occasion of the International Workers’ Memorial Day. Several former employees of the Union Carbide factory and their relatives participated in the rally that was held near the statue of the Bhopal Mother,…
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Amnesty International’s Get On the Bus Action for Bhopal
On Friday April 11th 2014 over 400 activists in New York City as part of Amnesty International’s annual ‘Get on the Bus for Human Rights’ action. The event draws mostly high school students from across the North East region of the US to day of action at strategic targets in the city. This year the…
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For World Water Day, ICJB Asks UNEP to Take Action on Ongoing Soil & Ground Water Contamination
To Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Michel Jarraud, Chair of United Nations Water (UN-Water) Georg Kell, Executive Director, Global Compact Robert Skinner, Associate Director, The United Nations Foundation, New York cc: Gavin Power, Deputy Director/Issue Management – CEO Water mandate, Global Compact Lila Karbassi, Issue Management – Environment, Global Compact…
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Letter: ICJB to United Nations Women – Address Violence Against Women in Ongoing Bhopal Disaster
To: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, United Nations Women cc: Chris Whatley, Executive Director, United Nations Association-USA, New York Robert Skinner, Associate Director, The United Nations Foundation, New York March 8, 2014 On the occasion of International Women’s Day, and in light of the MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs), which emphasize the importance of improving maternal/reproductive health, The International Campaign…
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Jeremy Hammond Issues Message of Solidarity with Bhopal Survivors
“Rebel greetings! I want to voice full support for the survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster in their struggle for justice against Dow, a multinational corporation that continues to do everything they can to avoid taking responsibility. Two years ago I hacked the intelligence company Stratfor and handed over all of their private email correspondence…
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United Nations Campaign Launch
On the occasion of the United Nations Social Justice Day (February 20th), ICJB has launched our United Nations Campaign. The Bhopal gas disaster has reached its 30th year, and has gotten significantly worse for the affected communities. We ask: (1) Why has the United Nations been…