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Zee News, May 22, 2008 New Delhi, May 22: Criticising the UPA for its “failure” to form a high-powered commission to redress the grievances of Bhopal gas tragedy victims, the CPI on Thursday said such a government has “no moral right to continue in office which cannot work for its people”. “The UPA government’s attitude…

Mail Today, May 22, 2008 IT is quite disturbing to note that the country’s Prime Minister has no time to meet a group of innocent women and children suffering due to the toxic legacy of the worst ever industrial disaster in modern history. That too when this group of hapless people walked all the way…

Muneeza Naqvi, AP, May 21, 2008 NEW DELHI (AP)–Indian police detained 62 protesters calling for a cleanup of the 1984 Bhopal industrial disaster as they demonstrated near the prime minister’s official residence Wednesday, an organizer said. Some of the protesters had walked nearly 800 kilometers from the site of a toxic gas leak at a…

Sreelatha Menon, Business Standard, May 18, 2008 Q&A: Satinath Sarangi Satinath Sarangi of the Bhopal Group for Information and Action tells SREELATHA MENON that activists made a mistake by delaying raising the issue of removal of the 8,000 tonnes of toxic waste from Union Carbide’s Bhopal plant. Where were you when the 1984 disaster in…

Sreelatha Menon, Business Standard, May 2, 2008 On its part, Dow Chemicals has said the “issue has been thoroughly investigated and disciplinary action taken”. “Some individuals did not follow Dow’s Code of Business Conduct and we will not tolerate employees who engage in unethical behavior. Once we learned of this situation involving a joint-venture subsidiary…

The Hindu, April 30, 2008 Children of gas-hit parents continue to suffer from disorders NEW DELHI: Parents of children from Bhopal with serious birth defects presented what they claimed to be evidence of the Government’s criminal negligence towards the next generation of Union Carbide victims at a press conference here on Tuesday. Present at the…

Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangarsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information & Action PRESS RELEASE banned in the US, sold freely in India after Dow’s bribes secured its registration NEW DELHI, 25 APRIL, 2008 — Thirty survivors of the Bhopal Gas disaster, staged a die-in in front of…

Prof Upendra Baxi April 23, 2008 The Bhopal -violated and long- suffering humanity justly continue to claim their human rights, to voice their saga of suffering, contending the cruel and predatory ways of Indian governance. They do a great service in reminding us that Indian governance cannot continue as if internationally and constitutionally proclaimed human…

Express news service, April 24, 2008 Pune, April 23: Around 280 legal professionals, including retired judges and eminent lawyers from Pune and the state have submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister stating that the attempts by the Prime Minister’s office to grant immunity to Dow Chemical from its Bhopal liabilities are unconstitutional and illegal.…

Satinath Sarangi, the Hindu, April 22, 2008 In addition to knowing about and treating their poison-ravaged bodies, the people in Bhopal need research to know what lies in store for the children born to gas-affected and contamination-affected parents. Right to knowledge: A Bhopal gas tragedy survivor sitting in protest in New Delhi.

Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangarsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action NEW DELHI, 21 April, 2008 — More than 280 legal professionals, including retired judges and eminent lawyers, have said the attempts by the Prime Minister’s office to grant immunity to Dow Chemical from its Bhopal…

Vinita Deshmukh, Intelligent Pune, March 7, 2008 A factsheet on the Dow R&D project near Pune (Word doc) Intro DOW Chemicals International Pvt Ltd, which has recently released large advertisements in vernacular newspapers of Maharashtra – claiming that its premises at Chakan is an environment friendly Research and Development Centre only and not a manufacturing…