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It was on the night of December 2, 1984, when Bhopal died a million deaths. The chemical, methyl isocyanate (MIC), that spilled out from Union Carbide India Ltd’s (UCIL’s) pesticide factory turned the city into a vast gas chamber. People… Continue Reading →
International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal PRESS RELEASE: New evidence presented in the US case against UCC for their responsibility for the ongoing soil/groundwater contamination in Bhopal.January 29, 2014, New York: Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Union Carbide Corp. released… Continue Reading →
Stratfor, a US-based global intelligence firm with alleged CIA links, spied on Bhopal Gas tragedy activists at the behest of Dow Chemicals, reveals WikiLeaks Hardnews Bureau Delhi In a startling revelation, WikiLeaks has leaked parts of emails which suggest that… Continue Reading →
August 14, 2013 At a press conference yesterday , leaders of the five organizations of survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal charged the Madhya Pradesh government with criminal neglect in providing clean drinking water to neighbourhood residents of… Continue Reading →
A leading think-tank believes $50m should be spent on clean-up of 1984 chemical disaster. Nina Lakhani Last Modified: 07 Aug 2013 , Aljazeera Survivors of the disaster want Dow Chemical, rather than the Indian government, to pay for clean-up [EPA] The international… Continue Reading →
Posted on 7 August 2013 by Livewire Team, Amnesty Former UCC Plant, Bhopal © Amnesty International By Madhu Malhotra, Director of Amnesty International’s Gender, Identity and Sexuality Program It is almost three decades since one of the worst corporate disasters in history –… Continue Reading →
Demanding Justice BY SIMON BILLENNESS July 26, 2013 Two young girls stand outside the remains of the infamous Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India. Half a million people were exposed during the plant’s 1984 gas leak and 25,000 have died… Continue Reading →
Jul 23 2013 by BMA Web Editor US multinational The Dow Chemical Company (TDCC) has been issued with a summons(1), after a hearing of the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Bhopal, India, requesting it explain why it does… Continue Reading →
Bhopal, July 17 (IBNS) More than 100 survivors of the Dec 1984 Union Carbide disaster on Wednesday staged a rally from Phuta Makbara to Dharmkata, Chhola Road here for their long standing demands of additional compensation, punishment of guilty individuals… Continue Reading →