Tag: actions and protests
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Press Statement: “ICMR-NIREH Has Betrayed Gas Survivors”
Press Statement 11 October 2014 Five organisations working for the welfare of the survivors of the December ’84 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today demonstrated outside the National Institute for Research on Environmental Health (NIREH) during its 4th foundation day celebrations. They charged this 31st center of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) with…
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An Open Invitation to Visit Bhopal for the 30th Anniversary
Dear Supporters and Allies, We invite you to Bhopal to participate in the 30th anniversary activities, to re-affirm our solidarity to each other, and to connect and reconnect with activists from around the world. Thirty years is a long time for a struggle to be sustained but thanks to your support, the fight for justice in…
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Timeline: Major Actions & Achievements in Last Five Years
These timelines document the major actions and achievements undertaken between 2010-2014 by the five Bhopal gas survivor organizations & their supporters that make up ICJB. Major Actions (2010-2014) September 18, 2014: Survivors chained themselves to the Chief Minister’s residence demanding adequate compensation and intervention in US court for clean up of toxic waste April 28, 2014: Torch rally…
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Press Statement: Demanding Compensation and Clean Up, Survivors Lock Themselves to Chief Minister’s Residence
Press Statement 18 September 2014 More images below At noon today survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster, neighbourhood residents of the abandoned Union Carbide factory and their supporters locked themselves to the Chief Minister’s residence seeking adequate compensation and clean up of the contaminated factory site. Outside the CM’s residence several carried out a die-in and…
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Bhopal activists highlight ongoing plight of survivors, hold protest at Dow Chemical headquarters – May 2013
This past May, ICJB-NA Advisory Board Member Caitlyn Schuchhardt and a group of students and alumni from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, geared up to protest outside of Dow Chemical’s annual shareholder meeting in Midland, Michigan. Students Shanna Krogh, Taylor Huwe, Katie Miller, and alumna Megan John joined Caitlyn on a 16-hour road trip to…
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Action & Event Ideas
We have a lot of resources available for activists to take action in solidarity with the Bhopal Survivors. Please look over the list below and contact us for questions or scheduling information. Here is a list of exciting action ideas to get your action juices flowing! Remember to be creative and have fun! TAKE ACTION…
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Survivors ask Chief Minister to withdraw false cases
DOWNLOAD THE LETTER IN THE ORIGINAL HINDI To, The Chief Minister Government of Madhya Pradesh Mantralaya, Vallabh Bhawan Bhopal, M.P. 25 January 2012 Sub: Application for withdrawal of criminal cases against over 2000 gas victims in connection with the incident of violence on the 27th anniversary of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal.…
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"Beat the bitches with lathis"Police brutally beat old ladies with cudgels
Mullo Bai, 65, gas affected and her mother Jamvati, 82 I left my house with my mother and 18 other women from my neighbourhood to be part of the rail roko. At 11:00 am we all reached Barkhedi crossing. We sat on the tracks for almost an hour and there were thousands of people all…
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Chief Minister backs survivors, Rail Roko ends
SURVIVORS CELEBRATE STOPPING A TRAIN IN BHOPAL. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE The survivors groups have called off the rail roko after a meeting with the Bhopal CM earlier today. The CM has agreed to all the demands of the survivors and in turn written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh supporting the survivors demands. CM’s…
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Indian protests planned over Olympics sponsor
10-Aug-2011 http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4b245556-c2ae-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1UhNtIsb2 By Vanessa Kortekaas in London and Girija Shivakumar in New Delhi Anger is mounting in India at the appointment of Dow Chemical as a 2012 Olympics sponsor, marking the fiercest criticism yet of the London committee’s sponsorship programme. The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (Locog) recently selected Dow to produce a…
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Bhopal Kids support Anti POSCO struggle
20 July 2011 Members of Children Against Dow-Carbide took out a rally in Bhopal to express solidarity with children of Jagatsinghpur, Odisha that are fighting against South Korean steal company POSCO. The children also handed a posco-memorandum to governorto the governor in which they pointed out that struggle against POSCO was for 22,000 families in…
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Bhopali Children Protest at the Prime Minister’s Office
27 June 2011 Press Statement One hundred Bhopali children affected by Union Carbide’s poisons demonstrated in front of the Prime Minister’s office today, demanding medical care, rehabilitation and poison-free environment. Wearing signs with words like Justice and Izzat (dignity), members of the Bhopal- based Children Against Dow-Carbide held a banner with their demands in front…
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Dharna day 21, 16 August 2010: Among the parliamentarians
Rachna and Shalini set out early morning for the Parliament. They have been visiting the Parliament since last week in order to get endorsements from different Members of Parliaments. A week later, both of them seem to know a lot more of the Parliament and its many curves and lanes. At the same time, their…
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Dharna day 20, August 15: Indian Independence Day for rich foreign corporations and capital
As Independence day dawned, it didn’t quite feel like an occasion to celebrate among the Bhopalis. Displaced from the pavement of Jantar Mantar, formerly the only site near Central Delhi where the people of this country could gather to voice their grievances. Displaced for the Common Wealth games that brings together athletes from countries whose…