Author: Adrian
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Possible questions for Parliament
Legal case 1.What steps have been taken to produce representatives of UCC and UCE in Bhopal CJM’s court? 2.What steps have been taken to vacate the MP High Court’s stay (17th March 2005) on summoning The Dow Chemical Company (TDCC) to produce Union Carbide Corporation, US in Bhopal CJM’s court? 3.What steps have been taken…
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PMO statement 29 May, 2008
STATEMENT TO BE READ OUT TO REPRESENTATIVES OF BHOPAL GAS VICTIMS AND GIVEN TO THE MEDIA BY SHRI PRITHVI RAJ CHAVAN, MOS (PMO) The Prime Minister has authorised me to say: On the demand for setting up a specially Empowered Commission to carry out medical, economic and environmental rehabilitation of Bhopal Gas victims – The…
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Press statement: Ram Vilas Paswan speaks at Jantar Mantar
Bhopal survivors’ organisations today presented the case of Sana, an 8-year old girl from the contaminated water affected Annu Nagar, to Rajya Sabha Member, Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan to highlight how the Group of Ministers’ recommendations last month do not address the unfolding health and economic disasters among victims of Carbide’s toxic legacy in Bhopal.…
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Bhopalis launch indefinite agitation in Delhi
More than 150 Bhopal survivors and people from water-affected areas began an indefinite dharna in Jantar Mantar that will last through the parliamentary session. The agitation intends to pressure the Central Government to revisit its recent decisions on issues of compensation, health care and rehabilitation, legal action against Union Carbide and Dow Chemical, and hazardous…
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Press statement July 24, 2010
DOWNLOAD HINDI PRESS STATEMENT AS WORD .DOC At a press conference today 5 Bhopal based organizations active among the survivors of Union Carbide disaster and those exposed to the ground water contamination announced that they will launch their indefinite agitation in New Delhi from July 26th. The indefinite dharna at Jantar Mantar to pressure the…
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Press statement July 21, 2010
Hindi press statement. Download as .doc. Five Bhopal based organizations working among the neighbourhood residents of the abandoned Union Carbide factory today welcomed the legal initiative of the central government in the state High Court seeking Rs 350 crores from Dow Chemical, current owner of Union Carbide as the first installment towards the cost of…
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Press
July 30, 2010. Mr Ram Vilas Paswan speaks at Jantar Mantar, calls for Empowered Commission July 26, 2010. Bhopalis launch indefinite dharna in Delhi Invitation to Press Conference launching indefinite dharna in Delhi on July 26, 2010 Press statement July 24, 2010 English Hindi press statement, July 24, 2010. Download as .doc Press statement July 21,…
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Press statements
Bhopali Children Protest at Prime Minister’s Office Black Day for Justice: Bhopal Survivors on Indian Supreme Court’s Rejection of the Curative Petition Bhopalis welcome curative petition in SC for compensation enhancement Press Release: Bhopal Survivors Protest BMHRC Drug Trials Letter to DAE from Bhopal Survivor Groups Bhopal Survivor Groups demand criminal investigation over drug trials…
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Dow bribed Indian officials with cash, jewellery, hospitality
IANS 2010-06-28 17:40:00 –– A senior central government official and his aides were bribed $32,000 in cash and jewellery while their travel and hotel expenses were also picked up by a subsidiary of Dow Chemicals, which took over the Union Carbide company after the 1984 Bhopal gas leak tragedy, to push its substandard pesticides in…
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Source documents
“DISCOVERY” DOCUMENTS 584 pages of documents obtained via the “discovery process” in a class action suit brought against Union Carbide Corporation by contamination victims in a New York court. Work in progress. ENVIRONMENTAL NEERI report executive summary 1994 NEERI report executive summary 1997 LEGAL Bhopal case First Information Report (FIR) Key source documents in the…
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NEERI: Briefing notes for journalists
Briefing notes by Tim Edwards of the UK-based Bhopal Medical Appeal. BRIEFING The first step is to define the problem with a thoroughgoing assessment of the depth and spread of the contamination. Such an assessment is crucial as it would ensure that the site was cleaned up properly, to international standards. Remediation experts have advised…
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On the Question of Whether a Fresh Survey of Bhopal Victims is Required Economic Times. 25 June, 2010
N JAYARAMAN, Chennai-Based Journalist* Yes, claims must be re-examined REPORTS about enhanced compensation for Bhopal survivors is malarkey. One cynical gas victim said: “I smelled a rat the minute I heard the GoM was going to dole out compensation. I knew it couldn’t be right. Why would it be? Mr Chidambaram was a finance minister.…
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Rally for Justice, 11am Thursday June 24, Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
DON’T LET THE GOVERNMENT BETRAY BHOPAL YET AGAIN. If you feel outraged, angry and ashamed by the government’s spineless sell-out of the Bhopalis for so many years to American corporations, here’s your chance to make your anger felt and your voice heard. If you’ve been desperate to help the Bhopalis, and didn’t know how, here’s…
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GoM recommendations demonstrate more concern for American corporations than Bhopal survivors
Press Statement Calling the Group of Minister’s offer of compensation a smokescreen, all seven organizations for survivors’ rights have strongly condemned the recommendations of the Group of Ministers on Bhopal. The Group of Ministers pretends to offer relief and rehabilitation but the details reveal that issues of compensation, rehabilitation and corporate liability are totally ignored.…