On Friday 30th activists supporting survivors of the 1984 gas disaster gathered in London to tell the London Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympics Games (LOCOG) to ‘Drop Dow Now.’ Activists staged a ‘die-in’ whereby […]
Bhopal activists tell LOCOG to ‘Drop Dow Now’ as they stage die-in and petition hand-in Read More »
Amidst the continuing controversy surrounding Dow’s sponsorship of this summers’ Olympics, a partial boycott of the London games has been announced by a group of Indian athletes who are taking part. Whilst still wishing to take
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Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE LONDON OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES Lord Coe. Chair; Sir Keith Mills, Deputy Chair; HRH the Princess Royal; Charles Allen; Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari; Sir
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Two Bhopal survivors’ organisations have written to Jacquos Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urging the IOC to cease chemical giant Dow’s sponsorship deal with the committee. The organisations are the Bhopal Gas
Letter from Bhopal Survivors Organisations to the IOC Read More »
What started off as a quiet Monday morning for the Bhopal Medical Appeal soon became the day when Wikileaks revealed to the world the activities of Stratfor, a US private intelligence company commissioned by Dow Chemical
Wikileaks Press Conference, 12pm, Monday 27th February 2012 Read More »
Urgent warnings have been issued by experts in India following revelations that authorities plan to incinerate toxic waste from Bhopal in Mumbai Activists, doctors and environmental experts have suggested that the plans, proposed by the
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“The Olympics should be no place for ethics” – response to The Evening Standard Last week, Sebastian Shakespeare published a controversial column in the London Evening Standard with the bold headline “The Olympics should be no
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Last week Financial Times assistant editor Michael Skapinker published a controversial article titled ‘Don’t jump aboard the anti-Dow bandwagon.’ The Bhopal Medical Appeal wrote a letter in reply to Mr Skapinker, and as we have yet
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The sole objective of the Bhopal Medical Appeal has been, since our beginnings in 1994, to help alleviate the suffering of the tens of thousands of innocent people maimed by exposure to toxins released from Union
Statement: The Bhopal Medical Appeal, the London Olympics and Dow Chemical Read More »
Anger in India as leaked documents reveal that fugitive Union Carbide continues to trade Leaked documents and company emails between the management of the Dow Chemical company allegedly reveal that the American corporation is knowingly and
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Children at Holy Trinity Sunday School, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex have raised just over £500 for the Bhopal Medical Appeal and presented a cheque to Charity Administrator Georgina le Clercq and colleagues Farah Edwards and Jade van Drie-Brown
Holy Trinity Sunday School Raise £500 for Bhopal Medical Appeal Read More »
Meredith Alexander talks about her ‘principled stand’ with the BMA Last week, the London Olympics were wrapped in fresh embarrassment and controversy as Mayor Boris Johnson’s ‘ethics Tzar’ resigned live on BBC Newsnight over fears that
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