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  • Join the Rally for Justice in Bhopal, June 24, Delhi

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    Don’t let the Government betray Bhopal once again. If you were desperate to do something for Bhopal, and didn’t know what to do, here’s something you can do. Join the Rally. Bring your friends and family. Bring your own placard. WHERE: Mandi House to Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. WHEN: 24 JUNE, 2010. 11 a.m. WHY:…

  • Urgent Call to Action

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    ACTION ALERT – TAKE ACTION NOW! We are sure you know about the unjust verdict in Bhopal. The punishment for killing 20,000+ people in the world’s worst industrial disaster has been reduced to the equivalent of a road accident. Seven persons, including Keshub Mahindra, who knowingly approved cost-cutting measures compromising the safety and disaster mitigation…

  • UPDATE ON INJUSTICES

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    UPDATE ON INJUSTICES: From verdict to new gov’t plan You have probably already heard about the June 7 verdict of Union Carbide India Limited and 7 company officials. You may have read about the verdict and the public uproar in the news. You may have also learned what the Bhopalis wanted the Prime Minister to…

  • Protest against injustice in Bhopal continues in America

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    PRESS RELEASE- For Immediate Release Protest against injustice in Bhopal continues in America; Overseas Indians protest in New York City, Boston and San Francisco. Protest held to coincide with ongoing Indo-US CEO forum meet. Protestors demand the Indian Government shun Backroom deals with corporations and the CEOs respect Law of land and clean up their…

  • Bhopalis Response to Group of Minister’s recommendations

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    Bhopalis Response to Group of Minister’s recommendations Press Statement – June 22, 2010 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…

  • 93% of Union Carbide’s victims will get no compensation

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    In their statement released today, seven Bhopal survivors’ organisations have condemened the Government’s hastily flung together plan to calm public outrage by appearing to offer additional compensation to the Bhopal survivors. In fact less than ten percent of people known to be exposed to Union Carbide’s toxic gases will receive any of this extra largesse.…

  • Government’s strings are pulled by its corporate masters

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    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.…

  • I won’t pay a penny to Bhopal gas attack victims

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    Our thanks to Shobhan Saxena, for sending us this piece he wrote for his column in The Times of India. ––––––––––––– Because the line between democracy and manipulation is very thin, at times it becomes blurred. Today, this line dissolved completely as the Group of Ministers (GoM) reportedly recommended a number of steps to cool…

  • Press Statement, June 20, 2010

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    Press Statement, June 20, 2010 Bhopal-based organisations today sent another letter to the GoM highlighting their key expectations of the GoM. Responding to the Rs. 982 crores sanctioned by the Planning Commission, the groups said they are glad the financial resources for rehabilitation have been found. However, they said, the money must be routed through…

  • Bhopalis create “roadmap” to justice for Group of Ministers

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    The Chairman and Members of the Group of Ministers on Bhopal, C/o Room No. 104, North Block,
New Delhi – 110001 Fax-011-23094221 June 17, 2010 Sub: Ensuring justice and a life of dignity for the people poisoned by Union Carbide Corporation in Bhopal. On behalf of the survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal and…

  • Bhopal survivors’ roadmap for justice and dignity

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    June 17, 2010. Seven Bhopal survivors’ organisations today sent a letter to the Group of Ministers on Bhopal (GoM), the group of ministers set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to co-ordinate response to the ongoing disaster. The full text of the letter can be read here.

  • Bhopal Activists in New York City

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    INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE IN BHOPAL – PRESS RELEASE   June 14, 2010 Bhopal Activists in New York City deliver Arrest Warrant for Warren Anderson and Union Carbide Corporation to appear in Indian Criminal Court Bhopal Disaster Survivors and Supporters Around the World Express Outrage for Denial of Justice in Light of Recent Verdicts On June…

  • “No More Bhopals: An evening of Protest, Songs, Peotry” in Delhi

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    “No More Bhopals: An evening of Protest, Songs, Peotry” in Delhi On Saturday a demonstration was held in Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest against the recent shameful Court Verdict on the Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984. Around 300 activist turned up at the demonstration and recited poems, sang song of freedom and justice and…

  • Dow’s attempt to deceive NDTV: notes for editors

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    NDTV (New Delhi Television) one of India’s prime news channels, yesterday received a letter from Dow spokesman Scott Wheeler claiming that the case to hold Dow responsible for cleaning up Bhopal had been concocted by “activists”. “There are some,” Wheeler wrote, “who continue to try to affix responsibility for the Bhopal tragedy to Dow, but…

  • “US-India Strategic Economic Partnership”: Kowtowing to US big business

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    PRASENJIT BOSE The Report of the US India CEO Forum titled “US-India Strategic Economic Partnership”, which was released during the recent Bush visit, has not attracted much media attention in contrast to the hype over the nuclear deal. The CEO Forum was formed during the Visit of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US…