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Bhopal gas leak victims protest government apathy
INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE, BHOPAL, FEBRUARY 23, 2007 Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy here Friday took out a torch rally as part of a campaign to protest the state government’s alleged apathy in providing relief and rehabilitation to them. The survivors have been staging strikes for the past four days under the campaign ‘Jeene…
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Survivors’ torchlight "Right to Live" procession accuses Chief Minister of criminal neglect of victims and colluding with the US chemical companies
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action Bhopal ki Aawaaz February 23, 2007 PRESS STATEMENT More than 400 survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal marched with burning torches to the Chief Minister’s residence today on the fourth day of their…
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Survivors condemn MP government for continuing inaction as Bhopal’s health holocaust roars on
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information & Action Bhopal Ki Aawaaz February 22, 2007 PRESS STATEMENT More than 100 women survivors of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster produced bags from old newspapers as part of their activities on the third day of…
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The demands of the survivors to the state government
0. HEALTH CARE 1.1. Provide free health care to residents with groundwater contaminated by UC. 1.2. Scrap Rogi Kalyan Samitis in hospitals meant for people affected by UC. 1.3. Fill vacant posts for Specialists, Physicians, Paramedics, Technicians. 1.4. Secure jobs at gas relief hospitals at par with regular government jobs. 1.5. Implement a Drug Policy…
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The ugly face of Tata
AN EXPOSE FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact: bhopalcampaign@gmail.com. International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal INTRODUCTION The Tata Group, a family-owned Indian multinational with 2005 revenues of Rs. 76,500 crores ($17.8 billion), has an unjustifiably good reputation. The corporation’s flagship company Tata Steel made its riches through large-scale takeover of tribal lands in Jharkhand and Orissa and…
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Bhopal gas victims launch "Right to Live" campaign
Sanjay Sharma, Indo-Asian news service Bhopal, Feb 20 (IANS) It’s been a year since tall promises of relief and rehabilitation were made to them. But, as 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy survivors pointed out while launching the Right to Live campaign Tuesday, there has been little help from the Madhya Pradesh government.
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Bhopal survivors demand "Right to Live", condemn heartless inaction of the BJP state government
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action Bhopal ki Aawaaz February 19, 2007 PRESS STATEMENT Addressing a press conference on the eve of the anniversary of the 2006 Padayatra from Bhopal to Delhi, leaders of four organisations of survivors of the 1984…
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Dow chem’s kick-back issue rocks agriculture ministry
ASHOK B SHARMA, THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS, FEBRUARY 17, 2007 NEW DELHI, FEB 16: The agriculture ministry has been taken aback by reports that a heavy penalty has been imposed on US company Dow Chemical for making “improper” payments to Indian government officials for allowing the use of its pesticides. The Securities and the Exchange Commission…
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Survivors’ groups call for strong action against Dow: demand official investigations into corrupt practices
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action Bhopal ki Aawaaz February 16, 2007 PRESS STATEMENT At a press conference today, leaders of four Bhopal survivors and support organisations called on the Government to lodge an FIR against The Dow Chemical Company (USA)…
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Punish Dow for bribing Indian officials, say gas victims
THE PIONEER, FEBRUARY 17, 2007 Leaders of four Bhopal gas tragedy survivors and support organisations urged the Government to lodge an FIR against Dow Chemical and its Indian subsidiary Dow Agro Sciences India (earlier DeNocil) for bribes paid by the company. They have also demanded separate enquiries by law enforcement agencies and the Economic Offences…
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Row over Dow’s alleged payments to Indian officials
DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS, FEBRUARY 16, 2007 WASHINGTON: US-based company Dow Chemicals has got embroiled in a controversy following allegations that payments were made to Indian government officials to enable its operations in India between 1996 and 2001.
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Gas tragedy survivors seek action against US firm
THE PENINSULA, QATAR, FEBRUARY 17, 2007 Bhopal • Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have called on the central government to file a police complaint against a US-based chemical company and its Indian subsidiary for allegedly paying bribes to Indian officials to get its pesticides registered.
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Probe sought into Dow company activities
THE HINDU, FEBRUARY 17, 2007 `Order probe by law enforcement authorities and EOW’ BHOPAL: Leaders of four voluntary organisations working with the victims of the 1984 gas tragedy here have said that an FIR should be lodged against the Dow Chemical Company of the United States and its Indian subsidiary the Dow Agrosciences India (earlier…
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Dow fined in US for bribes: NGO
HINDUSTAN TIMES, FEBRUARY 16, 2007 INSECTICIDES BOARD OFFICIAL TOOK MONEY M/S DOW CHEMICALS has been fined US $ 3,25,000 (Rs 1.43 crore) by the US financial regulator Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for paying $ 2,00,000 (Rs 88 lakh) to several Government officials in India for registering its pesticides in India.
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Bhopal gas survivors demand action against US firm
THE MANGALOREAN, FEBRUARY 17, 2006 Bhopal, Feb 17 (IANS) Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have called on the central government to file a police complaint against a US-based chemical company and its Indian subsidiary for allegedly paying bribes to Indian officials to get its pesticides registered. Dow Chemical Company, which was fined by US…