On January 29th the plaintiffs in a lawsuit, in the court of the Southern District of New York, released new evidence demonstrating the Union Carbide Corporations direct role in designing and building the Bhopal pesticide plant, […]
A hunger strike, organized by the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, has now entered its third week. The fast was launched, by Harvard students in the US, on December 3rd, the 29th anniversary of the
Harshit Charles is a 21 year old student who has been volunteering at Sambhavna since the beginning of May 2013. Harshit has been photographing the daily activities at Sambhavna and working with digital media to produce
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On Friday 30th August 2013, thousands of survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today marched to the Chief Minister’s residence demanding that the state government walk its talk on the matter of additional compensation
To celebrate the festival of Eid, children at Chingari enjoyed a special day with filled with music and dancing. Vermicelli pudding which is traditionally prepared during the festival was also served. The festivities were opened with
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Press Release At a press conference today, 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
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released findings from a recent study which show the ground around the abandoned Union Carbide factory in Bhopal to still contain dangerous levels of toxic waste. CSE, a
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On June 27th 2013 the U.S. Second Circuit Appeals Court affirmed a District Court order granting summary judgment to Union Carbide Corporation in the civil action Sahu v. UCC, which began in 2004. The action sought
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Last week, protesters gathered outside Dow Chemical’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Dow headquarters in Michigan to urge Dow to take responsibility for the ongoing tragedy in Bhopal, India. In December 1984, 27 tonnes of
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Photographer Francesca Moore visited Sambhavna from December 2012 and January 2013 to photograph flora & fauna in the medicinal herb gardens. Thank you for the beautiful photographs Francesca!
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Today in Mumbai more than 200 survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster occupied the offices of Dow Chemical Corporation in Vikhroli, Mumbai. Union Carbide has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical since 2001. The
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PhysioNet, a UK-registered charity, collects redundant paediatric physiotherapy equipment, mobility aids, wheelchairs and other ‘care in the community’ items from around the UK. The equipment is refurbished by volunteers and through their sister charity, HM Prison
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