Category: News Articles on Bhopal & Dow Chemical
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Bhopal gas tragedy survivors to begin indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar from Monday
BHOPAL : A group of survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy will start an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi from Monday. Pressing their demand for additional compensation for all survivors and correction of data in the curative petition filed in the Supreme Court by the centre, a delegation of victims left Bhopal for…
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Bhopal Gas Victims Begin Indefinite Fast in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy Monday began an indefinite fast in Delhi, demanding additional compensation for those affected and revision of the figures after 30 years of suffering. The Union Carbide disaster took place on the intervening night of Dec 2-3, 1984. Five women survivors began their fast at Jantar Mantar with…
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Image of Asia: Survivors Want Bhopal Toll Revised
Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy participate in a protest in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. The survivors commenced an indefinite hunger strike in the capital demanding additional compensation for those affected and revision of casualty figures after 30 years of suffering. On Dec. 3, 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud…
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Bhopal – Three decades of Struggle: Gas survivors begin indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar
The struggle for justice and adequate compensation continues even after three decades after the country’s first major industrial disaster New Delhi/Bhopal: Five women survivors of the ill-famous 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today began an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar here along with a thousand survivors and their children sitting in a dharna, demanding…
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Bhopal gas victims leave for Delhi protest
Five survivors of the leak of poisonous gases from US multinational Union Carbide on 2-3 December, 1984 have decided to fast without water demanding additional compensation for all affected people from November 10. The five organizations leading the protest are also demanding revision of the figures of death and extent of injuries caused by the…
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Hollywood ‘has let US off hook’ over Bhopal
Survivors of the Bhopal disaster have criticised a new Hollywood film for misrepresenting the gas leak in 1984 that killed 15,000 people. The film Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain, starring Martin Sheen, was released in America on Friday to mark the 30th anniversary of the events at a US-owned pesticide factory in central India. The disaster,…
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Bhopal gas victims to begin indefinite fast Monday
New Delhi: Almost 30 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, several survivors of the world’s worst industrial disasters will Monday commence an indefinite fast here, demanding additional compensation for all survivors and correction of data in the curative petition filed in the Supreme Court by the central government.
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Victims of 1984 Bopal gas disaster launch hunger strike for better compensation
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Victims of the Bhopal gas disaster, suffering deformities and illnesses, staged a hunger strike in the Indian capital Monday for increased compensation ahead of the 30th anniversary of the tragedy. Holding signs that read “Justice for Bhopal”, about 100 mainly women and children gathered at a protest site in New Delhi,…
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FirstPost: Wanted in Bhopal gas tragedy case, former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson passes away
Original article: http://www.firstpost.com/india/wanted-bhopal-gas-tragedy-case-former-union-carbide-chief-warren-anderson-passes-away-1781191.html by FP Editors Oct 31, 2014 11:33 IST Having escaped multiple calls for him to be extradited to be India to face prosecution for his role in the Bhopal gas tragedy which killed 3,787 and affected thousands for years later, former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson reportedly passed away in a nursing…
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NY Times: Warren Anderson, 92, Dies; Faced India Plant Disaster
Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/business/w-m-anderson-92-dies-led-union-carbide-in-80s-.html?_r=0 By DOUGLAS MARTIN OCT. 30, 2014 Warren M. Anderson, a Brooklyn carpenter’s son who ascended to the top of the Union Carbide Corporation, where he grappled with the ravages of a poisonous gas leak at the company’s plant in Bhopal, India, in 1984 that killed thousands in one of history’s most lethal…
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UK Independent: Warren Anderson dead: Former Union Carbide CEO, wanted over Bhopal gas leak disaster, dies
Original post: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/warren-anderson-dead-former-union-carbide-ceo-wanted-over-bhopal-gas-leak-disaster-dies-9831201.html The American businessman was officially declared a fugitive after fleeing from India after the leak Warren Anderson died on 29 September, aged 92, public records have shown.
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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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ANI News: “Bhopal Gas tragedy victims still await justice even after three decades”
Original Link: http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail2/story143484/bhopal-gas-tragedy-victims-still-await-justice-even-after-three-decades.html Bhopal Gas tragedy victims still await justice even after three decades Bhopal, Dec.2 (ANI): Leaders of five organisations representing survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have called on the United States Government to acknowledge and express regret for financing, through its EXIM Bank, the construction of the hazardously designed Union Carbide plant…
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Wikileaks: “Bhopal Gas Tragedy NGOs reveal Wikileaks’ cables on Dow Chemicals; Allege Indian Govt. kowtowed to US pressure”
Original link: http://www.wikileaks-forum.com/bhopal/626/bhopal-gas-tragedy-ngos-reveal-wikileaks-cables-on-dow-chemicals/18740/ Bhopal Gas Tragedy NGOs reveal Wikileaks’ cables on Dow Chemicals; Allege Indian Govt. kowtowed to US pressure Submitted by admin4 on 17 April 2013 – 11:01pm By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: Representatives of five NGOs (non-government organisations) working for the welfare of the survivors of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the world’s worst industrial catastrophe,…