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  • CBI moves court for Anderson's extradition

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    PTI | 09:03 PM,Mar 22,2011 Referring to the extradition treaty of September 14, 1999 between the US and India, the investigating agency asserted that the US is bound by the mutual reciprocity principle of the treaty and is obliged to extradite him.”As per the provision contained in the extradition treaty dated September 14, 1999 between…

  • Bhopal gas survivors protest against unethical drug trial

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      Thursday February 24, 2011 09:44:53 PM, Pervez Bari, ummid.com Bhopal: Survivors of the December 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, world’s worst industrial catastrophe, led by the representatives of five NGOs working for their welfare on Thursday marched to the Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Centre, (BMHRC), the hospital meant for free treatment of the gas…

  • Illegal drug trials killed 10 Bhopal gas victims

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    Mail Today Science Bureau  | New Delhi, February 11, 2011   Mrs. Salma Bi, the widow of late Mr. Nasir Khan, a victim of December 1984 Bhopal gas disaster who died of drug trial, narrating her woes to newsmen   Ten victims of the Gas Leak in Bhopal have died during unethical drug trials being conducted among gas…

  • CNN-IBN: Cancer rates in Bhopal

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    Bhopal gas tragedy: cancer rates treble http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bhopal-gas-tragedy-cancer-rates-treble/146063-3.html Click the link above to view the video corresponding to this piece. Mumbai: It was undoubtedly the world’s worst industrial disaster but 26 years on, the skeletons of the past still haunt the population. The Indian Council of Medical Research has carried out more than 18 studies on…

  • Dec 3, 1984: A Night of Death in Bhopal

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    Death and Chaos in the City Death came hurtling of a clear sky on December 3rd, 1984. A cold midnight wind blew, with stars brilliant as they are in central India, glistening through the thin pall of cooking-fire smoke that typically hung above the city. Here and there, braziers were burning to warm those who…

  • Predictable and Preventable

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    Carbide’s Safety Meltdown NONE of the safety systems designed to prevent a leak – six in all – were operational on THAT NIGHT: 1. Flare Tower: Disconnected 2. Vent Gas Scrubber: Out of caustic soda and inadequate for unsafe volume of gas 3. Water Curtain: Not functional; designed with inadequate height 4. Pressure Valve: Leaking…

  • Bhopali Movie Screening Kit

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    Bhopali is a documentary movie by X released in 2011. You can read more about the movie at http://www.bhopalithemovie.com/. Its a great resource for giving people interested about the cause an overview of not only what happened, but also the current situation of the campaign for justice. The Boston SfB group is serving as the US distribution…

  • Press Statement: Survivors Protest Unethical Drug Trials

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    Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Bhogi Sangharsh Morcha Children Against Dow Carbide Bhopal Group for Information and Action Press Statement – February 24, 2011 Survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today marched to the Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research…

  • Press Statement: Unethical Drug Testing on Bhopal Gas Victims

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    Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Bhogi Sangharsh Morcha Children Against Dow Carbide Bhopal Group for Information and Action Press Statement – February 10, 2011 At a press conference today five organizations campaigning for justice in the case of the 1984 Union…

  • Bhopal LowDOWn – January 2011

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    Bhopal LowDOWn – January 2011 In this issue: 1. Activists Commemorate 26th Anniversary 2. Introducing the 2011 Advisory Board 3. Bhopali Documentary to be Featured at Slamdance 4. Victory–MIC Production Will End in Institute, WV 5. Bhopal Requiem & Revitalization Workshop 6. Solidarity Action for Imprisoned Humanitarian Dr. Binayak Sen 7. Bhopal-Related Books on Sale,…

  • Obama burns in Bhopal

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    DECEMBER 2, 2010. BHOPALIS COMMEMORATE THE 26th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNION CARBIDE GAS DISASTER When Barack Obama was running for President he promised that if he won the White House, corporate lobbying, backroom deals, shielding corporate criminals – these would be things of the corrupt and unjust past. We in Bhopal hoped for his election,…

  • A poem for Obama

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    B ehold, our people drink up the filthy water H ungry and ill, we breathe deep the killing air O ur guts and lungs churn with bitter chemistry, P oison and pain we lock inside our bodies, A massing these toxic treasures, we let no-one else share them: L aw, politics, justice, these are the…

  • Burning with injustice, burning for justice

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    PICTURES FROM THE 26TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION IN BHOPAL. PHOTOGRAPHER PRAKASH HATVALNE SEE MORE 26TH ANNIVERSARY PICTURES HERE

  • Bhopal: the 26th anniversary in pictures

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    Beloved, our people drink up the filthy water Heroines and heroes take deep breaths of killing air Our guts and lungs are filled with bitter chemistry, Poison, pain and cancers we lock inside our bodies, Accumulating toxic wealth, letting no one share it. Law, progress, justice, these are the names of our diseases. PREM NIZAR…

  • Greenpeace sues Dow Chemical for corporate espionage

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    FROM DEMOCRACY NOW Greenpeace has filed a lawsuit against two major chemical companies and their PR firms for corporate espionage. The complaint alleges that Dow Chemical and Sasol—formerly CONDEA Vista—hired private investigators to spy on Greenpeace in the late 1990s. The charges of espionage center on surveillance of the Greenpeace office in Washington, D.C., and…