Tag: 30th anniversary
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VOTE FOR ICJB TO WIN A BENNY Award FROM Corporate Ethics International!
We’ve been nominated for a BENNY Award by Corporate Ethics International! Please vote for the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal at this link: http://www.jotformpro.com/form/43105750757960
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Bhopal Survivors historical victory; Government to revise disaster related figures
Press Release 15 November 2014 Survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal ended their protest at Jantar Mantar last evening after assurance by the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of meeting their demands. Five women survivors and their supporter broke their water-less fast on the fourth day with sips of water offered by Joint…
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PRESS RELEASE: Calling off the Indefinite Waterless Fast in New Delhi
PRESS RELEASE November 14, 2014, 8:20 pm The five women survivors fasting since November 10 at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, have broken their waterless fast. The women, along with about 200 people present, have been protesting for additional compensation for the survivors of the Union Carbide gas tragedy in Bhopal on December 3, 1984, as…
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20 eminent Delhiites visit the five women survivors on indefinite waterless fast
November 12, 2014 20 eminent Delhiites today visited five women survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster and their supporter who are on the second day of their water-less fast and spoke in support of their protest at Jantar Mantar. They also called upon the Prime Minister and the Minister of Chemicals to resolve the…
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AWARENESS SELFIE ACTION
AWARENESS SELFIE 2-MINUTE ACTION WHAT * Send a selfie to Dow Chemical on twitter WHY * Put pressure on Dow to clean up Bhopal * Act in Solidarity with Bhopalis HOW 1) Write any message of solidarity on a piece of paper. Be as creative as you like! 2) Take your selfie holding up your…
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Hindustan Times: Bhopal court asks Dow to explain Union Carbide’s absence from trial
Survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy may have failed to bring Warren Anderson, the prime accused in the fatal accident to justice, but they have managed to get Dow Chemicals to face trial in a Bhopal court. The US-based Dow Chemicals, which took over Union Carbide Corp (UCC) in 2001, has been summoned by…
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Five women survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal fasting in New Delhi
November 11, 2014 Five women survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal fasting in New Delhi since yesterday stopped taking water at noon today. One thousand survivors of the disaster, mostly women, continued their dharna for the second day without a word from officials of the government. The five women survivors, Premlata, Vishnu Bai,…
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“We are dying anyway – this way at least my death will make a difference” – Kamla Bai Airhwar, Indefiniate Waterless Faster Speaks
“Mother of 4 sons is considered blessed but because of the disaster I have a cursed life. I want to tell the government that we are dying anyway – this way at least my death will make a difference. I am not afraid – if I was not afraid when the poison clouds hit me,…
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“Our neighbourhood was among the worst hit by the poisonous gas from Union Carbide.” – Indefinate Faster Kasturi Bai Speaks
“Our neighbourhood was among the worst hit by the poisonous gas from Union Carbide. Yet 91 % of residents in our neighbourhood have been categorized as only temporarily injured by the government. I am happy to be doing something to correct this terrible wrong.” Kasturi ran through the poison clouds along with her children on…
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“Our own government does everything to help the American corporations” – Indefinate Faster Premlata Chaudhary Speaks
“Union Carbide’s poisons have killed people in my family in direct and indirect ways. What I find most distressing is that our own government does everything to help the American corporations and does not pay any attention to our worsening condition. Through our fast we hope to make people in the government sit up and…
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“I AM NOT AFRAID OF DYING” – Indefinate Faster Shezadi Bee Speaks
“Different parties have come to power in the last three decades but none has paid any attention to the survivors of Bhopal. I am not afraid of dying and hope my death will make the government take notice of the situation in Bhopal.” On the night of the disaster Shezadi ran with her husband and…
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“IF I DIE THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE TO BLAME.” – Vishnu Panthi, Indefinite Faster
“If I die the government will be to blame. I am tired of the falsehoods of our government. The Chief Minister made a promise of Rs. 5 lakhs to each affected person and then betrayed that promise.” The poison clouds from the Union Carbide factory hit Vishnu a little after midnight. She and other members of…
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Bhopal victims launch hunger strike for better compensation
NEW DELHI: 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, including first…