New poll results published today show clear public support, in both India and the USA, for US corporation Union Carbide to face an Indian court over the Bhopal gas leak disaster which left more than 20,000 people dead and poisoned more than half a million in 1984. From Amnesty International. http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/new-poll-backs-calls-us-corporation-face-court-over-bhopal-disaster-2014-12-01 “This poll shows that […]
#BhopalFacing30 launch is launched at AmnestyUK tonight, 17th November, from 18:30. The exhibition will run from 17th November to 17th December. FREE entry, all welcome. #BhopalFacing30 Book launch on Wednesday 19th at Housmans radical bookshop. £3 entry redeemable against any purchase, all welcome. More Details #BhopalFacing30 special exhibition at London City Hall from 22 November […]
The time has come for Dow to appear in an Indian court and account for the failure of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Union Carbide, to respond to the criminal charges against it. The Dow Chemical Company must stop dodging its responsibility towards the survivors of the Bhopal disaster, Amnesty International said today, after an Indian Court […]
The Dow Chemical Company’s Bhopal Related Legal Liabilities The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) claims that all legal matters concerning the Bhopal disaster are closed. This is simply not true. Dow has summons to appear in a number of ongoing cases arising from Union Carbide’s business in Bhopal: 1. Dow is a named respondent in a […]
Pressure building on Dow ( #DowChemical ) over Bhopal gas leak case THE HINDU reports: The Dow Chemical Company came under renewed pressure from human rights organisations this week as the date for its court appearance in Bhopal edged closer, to answer the court on why its wholly owned subsidiary, the Union Carbide Company (UCC), […]
