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  • Bhopal Survivors Call Verdict and Trial Utter Disappointment

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    Bhopal Survivors Call Verdict and Trial Utter Disappointment International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, Press Statement for immediate release on June 7, 2010 Contact: US, Shana Ortman, 415-746-0306; India, Nityanand Jayaraman: +91 9444082401 Terming today’s verdict and sentence against 7 officials of Union Carbide India Ltd., and the company an utter disappointment, Bhopal survivors today…

  • Talking points: why justice cannot prevail

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    According to Eveready Industries, the successor to Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), there was never any danger of a judgement against the company, consequently no need to provide financially for that eventuality. Whence comes this overweening confidence? “Trial proceedings before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal, on the modified charges framed under the directions of the…

  • Incompetent bungled prosecution: PM is to blame

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    At a press conference today four organizations of survivors of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal condemned the Indian government’s “criminal negligence” in the prosecution of those accused of responsibility for the world’s worst corporate massacre. They said that as the Minister in charge of the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Prime Minister…

  • A long road: the 26 year timeline of the criminal case

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    On the night of 2/3 December 1984, the inhabitants of the city of Bhopal became victims of the world’s worst industrial disaster. 40 tonnes of methyl iscocyanate (MIC – a highly volatile toxic chemical) stored at the pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), a subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), USA –…

  • Dow spent $2m on lobbying in 1st quarter of 2010

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    The Dow Chemical Co. spent $2 million in the first quarter to lobby Congress and several federal agencies on issues ranging energy efficiency to health reform, according to a recent disclosure report. The chemical manufacturer’s total lobbying cost was about 15.6 percent more than the $1.74 million it spent in the same quarter a year…

  • Henna for Bhopal at University of Washington

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    You are invited to view Arvind & Janani’s photo album: Henna for Bhopal Raghav Kaushik writes: Here are the photos from the booth we held at the UW street fair yesterday and the day before. We have raised a little more than $800. If we include matching contributions, it will in my estimate add around…

  • Henna for Bhopal at the University of Washington Street Fair

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    Henna for Bhopal at the University of Washington Street Fair ICJB activists in Seattle had a booth at the Universiry of Washington street fair over the weekend. To raise money for Bhopal, they made henna-designs for fair-goers. The beautiful artwork helped raise awareness and money for the Bhopal campaign for Justice.  

  • Groups in Atlanta Call Dow Out at Live Earth

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    Groups in Atlanta Call Dow Out at Live Earth When the runners reached the finish line at the sparsely attended Atlanta’s Live Earth “Run for Water” sponsored by Dow Chemical on April 18th, a small row of people holding signs, banners, petitions, some appropriately marked faux-contaminated water that some residents of Bhopal, India have been…

  • Unproven Technology

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    Union Carbide documents showing that “unproven technology” was used in Bhopal. Secret Union Carbide documents obtained by “discovery” during a class action suit brought by survivors against the company in New York, reveal for the first time that the technology used at the fatal Bhopal factory – including the crucial units manufacturing carbon monoxide and…

  • What fate for survivors of an Indian nuclear disaster?

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    ICJB press release of 4 May, 2010 here Bhopal gas survivors gathered outside the Prime Minister of India’s office in New Delhi to file Right-to-Information (RTI) requests regarding the civil nuclear liability bill and its relationship with the lessons of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal. “We want to know whether the lingering concerns of…

  • Sea turtles subvert Dow-funded Live Earth Run

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    18 April, 2010. NEW DELHI Hindustan Sea Turtle Alliance (HASTA), organizers of the Live Earth Run for Water in New Delhi, revealed today that they were a fictitious group set up to expose the global event as Dow Chemical’s attempt to sidestep its legal responsibilities by engaging in greenwash. The Dow Live Earth Run for…

  • Prime Minister, keep your promises

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    Documents unearthed by Bhopal activists regarding the Empowered Commission on Bhopal (ECoB) through the RTI Act reveal substantial support for the Commission among various relevant ministries. Despite the support, though, nothing has moved toward formation of the Commission. This release is the first in a two part series on the Empowered Commission based on documents…

  • Official Bhopal Response to Dean, CEG, Anna University

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    Official Bhopal Response to Dean, CEG, Anna University Bhopal Supporters around the world have written to the Dean of the College of Engineering at Anna Universiry in Chennai over the past few weeks, calling on the University to dump Dow’s sponsorship from their annual Guindy’s Kurukshetra Techfest. Although the University did not drop the sponsorship,…

  • REPORT BHOPAL 25th ANNIVERSARY – India Actions

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    REPORT BHOPAL 25th ANNIVERSARY – India Actions Download this report, which outlines the campaign activities carried out by Youth Desk of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal to mark the 25th anniversary of Bhopal Gas Tragedy. It also offers a glimpse into some of the achievements of the campaign in relation to the activism…

  • A New Year’s Message to our Supporters

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    Dear Supporters, From all of us at the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, I would like to extend my warmest wishes to you for a Happy New Year, and to extend an invitation to ring in 2010 with ICJB.  2009 was a monumental year for the Bhopal campaign:  As 2009 began, we saw the…