Tag: hunger strike
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पत्रकार वार्ता – 20 नवम्बर 2014
20 नवम्बर 2014 दिसम्बर 84 के भोपाल में यूनियन कार्बाइड हादसे के पीड़ितों के पाँच संगठनों ने आज एक पत्रकार वार्ता में नई दिल्ली में उनके हाल के आंदोलन में ऐतिहासिक जीत हासिल करना का दावा किया। संगठनों ने कहा कि उन्हें यह उम्मीद है की केंद्रीय मंत्री और अधिकारियों के साथ हुई चर्चा के…
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Bhopal Gas Victims claim historical victory due to their agitation in Delhi
November 20th, 2014 At a Press Conference today, five organizations of survivors of the December ’84 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal claimed historic victory in their recent protest at New Delhi. They said that the Minister of Chemical & Fertilizers had agreed to both their demands on additional compensation for the disaster. The organizations said…
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Bhopal Gas Victims to go on an indefinite waterless hunger fast on 10 Nov @ Jantar Manter, Delhi for their demand of adequate compensation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 2014 At a press conference today, representatives of five organizations of survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal announced their plans of an indefinite water-less fast at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi from November 10 on the issue of compensation. They said that five women survivors will stop taking…
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Press Conference: Fighting for Justice, Survivors Will Begin Indefinite Fast Without Water
At a press conference today, five organizations working for the welfare of survivors of the December ‘84 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today announced that a group of survivors and their supporters would be going on an indefinite fast without water to remind the central government of its responsibilities towards the curative petition for compensation…
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Government of India issues historic order, satyagrahis end fast
INDIAN GOVERNMENT BOWS TO PRESSURE, AGREES TO SUBMIT STATEMENT TO U.S. COURT IN THE UNION CARBIDE-BHOPAL CONTAMINATION CLEAN UP CASE. New Delhi, June 23, 2004: Six days after three Bhopal activists began their hunger strike, the Government of India finally bowed to pressure and agreed to submit a statement to the New York District Court…
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Major trade unions extend their support to the Bhopal activists on hunger strike and pledge to take up the matter with the Prime Minister tomorrow.
New Delhi, June 22, 2004:With just seven days left for the Union Government to send a positive communication to the US District Court in the Bhopal contamination clean up case , several major trade unions of India have decided to swing into action. They have pledged to raise this matter with the Prime Minister of…
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While The Law Ministry Dithers, Leading Legal Luminaries and Political Stalwarts Unanimously Opine that it is a “Golden Opportunity” that shouldn’t be missed: Hunger Strike Without Water by Bhopal Activists Enters Day 3
New Delhi, June 20, 2004: As the last day for the Indian Government to send a letter to the US Federal Court in New York for clean up of toxic contamination in and around its factory in Bhopal draws closer [June 30th being the deadline], the Law Ministry is stalling progress on this matter by…
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Law Minister gets his facts wrong.
Survivors’ leaders Champa Devi Shukla and Rashida Bee who recently won the Goldman Award and Vinuta Gopal went and met Law Minister Mr. Hans Raj Bharadwaj at 1pm at his office in Shastri Bhavan. The minister did not ask them to sit down (nor did he sit down himself, in fact he kept moving towards…
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Stavropoulos is incompetent says PR chief Musser
Dow Chairman and CEO Stavropoulos lied to shareholders when he said that Union Carbide face no criminal charges in India As reported earlier this week by bhopal.net, Dow Chairman and CEO Stavropoulos lied to shareholders when he said that Union Carbide faced no criminal charges in India. “Our chairman did misspeak,” sighs Dow doublespeak supremo…
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Global hunger strike begins
Bapuji, if you could see the terrible things that are being done to the poor, we know that you would be fasting beside us. WASHINGTON DC, 12 MAY. Watched by the statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside the Indian Embassy in Washington DC, the three hunger strikers today marked the end of their personal fast by…