Author: Guneet Narula

39th Anniversary: Survivors Demand Compensation, Commission on Bhopal and Punishment For the Guilty Corporations

Dec 2, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Press Releases, Statements, Letters

Press Statement 02 December 2023 Hundreds of members of five organizations of survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal today marched with torches to honour those killed by the disaster. The torchlight procession ended at the foot of the statue of the Mother, a memorial built opposite the abandoned pesticide factory. The leaders…
On the 39th Anniversary, Survivor Orgs Condemn Attempts of Dept of Gas Relief to close down the Dept.

Nov 30, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Press Releases, Statements, Letters

Press Conference November 30, 2023 Addressing a press conference on the occasion of the 39th Anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, leaders of five survivors’ organizations celebrated their recent victory in making Dow Chemical appear in the Bhopal court. The leaders strongly condemned attempts by the Minister and officials of the Department of Bhopal…
Our Demands on the 39th Anniversary

Nov 29, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in The Fight Continues

Demands of Survivors of Union Carbide Disaster & those poisoned by Dow Chemical in Bhopal on the 39th Anniversary of the disaster.
Dow lawyers fill Bhopal court in criminal liability case, Railway Men series still being written, says Bhopal group

Nov 25, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Press Releases, Statements, Letters

Press Statement, Bhopal, November 25. In the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Vidhan Maheshwari, a group of 10 lawyers appeared today on behalf of Dow Chemical to deny that, by this appearance, Dow was accepting the jurisdiction of the court. The criminal proceedings, from which Carbide has been a proclaimed absconder for 31…
Dow ‘appears’ in Bhopal criminal court after two decade delay

Oct 3, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Press Releases, Statements, Letters

Press Statement 3 October 2023 Today, the authorised representative of Dow Chemical USA, Ms. Amy Wilson has filed a so-called partial appearance before the court of Hon. VII CIVIL JUDGE-I Vidhan Maheshwari through its lawyers. Dow filed a one page memo stating that Bhopal Court does not have jurisdiction over the corporation as it is…
पीड़ितों के संगठनों ने डाव को भोपाल जिला अदालत के समन तामील कराने में सफलता का जश्न मनाया, CBI से कङी सज़ा की मागँ की

Oct 2, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in हिन्दी समाचार

पत्रकार वार्ता 2 अक्टूबर 2023 दिसंबर 84 के यूनियन कार्बाइड गैस हादसे के पीड़ितों के बीच काम कर रहे चार संगठनों ने आज एक पत्रकार वार्ता में गैस हादसे के आपराधिक मामले में डाव केमिकल कंपनी को भोपाल जिला अदालत के समन तामील कराने में अपनी सफलता का जश्न मनाया | उन्होंने मांग की की …
Survivor Orgs Celebrate as Bhopal Court’s Summon is Served Upon Dow, Demand CBI to Ensure Speedy Prosecution

Oct 2, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Press Releases, Statements, Letters

Press Conference October 2, 2023 At a Press Conference today, four organizations of the survivors of the Union Carbide disaster celebrated their success in having the summons of the Bhopal District Court served upon The Dow Chemical Company in the criminal case arising out of the December 1984 gas disaster. They demanded that the Central…
Survivor Organisations Thank 12 US Congresspersons For The Unprecedented Action on Dow Summons

Sep 7, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Press Releases, Statements, Letters

Five Bhopal based organizations thanked the 12 Congressmen for this unprecedented action. “It is indeed heartening to find some of the most powerful voices in the US Congress calling for the US DOJ to act as per law and stop their country’s image being sullied as a safe haven for criminal corporations.” Said Goldman Environmental…
Congressmembers call on the US Department of Justice to serve Bhopal Gas Disaster criminal summons on Dow Inc

Sep 6, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Press Releases, Statements, Letters

Reps insist the DoJ must honor Bilateral Treaty obligations by acting on India’s request, for the 7th time, that it serve summons on the US chemical giant
12 अमरीकी सांसदों ने अमरीका के न्याय विभाग से डाव केमिकल कंपनी पर दिसंबर 84 -भोपाल गैस काण्ड के सम्बन्ध में आपराधिक सामन जारी करने का आव्हान किया

Sep 6, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in हिन्दी समाचार

सांसदों ने अमरीका के न्याय विभाग को 7वीं बार भारत के अनुरोध पर कार्यवाही करके द्विपक्षीय संधि के दायित्वों का सम्मान करने पर जोर दिया, ताकि वह अमरीका की रासयनिक कम्पनी (डाव केमिकल) को समन भेजे
Call for Action for US Supporters: Ask Your Rep to Pressure DoJ

Aug 19, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Calls to Action

Dear ICJB Supporters in the US, The outlaw Jesse James, whose notoriety echoes through time, spent 16 years on-the-run. Union Carbide has now spent 30 years hiding in plain sight, inside the US yet, somehow, outside the law. Please help us try to end this grotesque farce.
Survivors Orgs Demand That Govt Take Legal Steps to Make Union Carbide & Dow Accountable as Scientific Study Confirms Long Term Health Damage to Next Generation of Gas Victims

Jun 24, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Press Releases, Statements, Letters

Press Release June 24, 2023 Five organizations of the survivors of the Union Carbide disaster today addressed a press conference on the recently published scientific study on the health impact of the disaster on children who were in the wombs of their mothers when they inhaled the poisonous gas.
Survivor organisations claim that the 34 page judgement of the Supreme Court shows bias for Union Carbide – a proclaimed absconder

Mar 20, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Press Releases, Statements, Letters

Press Conference March 20, 2023 At a press conference today organizations of survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal presented their response to the decision of the Supreme Court that was made available online on March 15, 2023. Earlier, the organizations had condemned the decision on the day the Curative Petition for additional compensation…
SC’s dismissal of curative petition is a judicial assault on the constitutional and legal rights of Bhopal survivors

Mar 14, 2023

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Press Releases, Statements, Letters

Press Statement March 14, 2023 Five organizations of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today jointly condemned the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the Curative Petition. Likening today’s decision with the apex court’s February 1989 decision on the settlement of the case, the organizations called it a “judicial assault on the constitutional and legal…
Women survivors call off their waterless fast after positive responses from state & central governments

Dec 31, 2022

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Guneet Narula

in ICJB Press Releases, Statements, Letters

Press Statement December 31, 2022 Five organizations of the survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal called off the waterless fast by 10 women survivors this afternoon after positive responses from both state and central governments. According to the organizations, in a phone call with the leaders of the organizations this afternoon, the Minister…