Amnesty International 7 June 2010 First convictions for 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal too little, too late Following convictions on Monday of seven Indian citizens for the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak disaster, Amnesty International has called on the Indian and US governments to take the next step by bringing the US-based Union Carbide [...]
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First convictions for 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal
Posted in Demand Dignity, India, tagged Bhopal on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New report on human rights and poverty in the Gulf Coast
Posted in Demand Dignity, USA, tagged Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, online action on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Five years after Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,800 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, the suffering continues. In New Orleans and throughout the Gulf Coast, there is a continued lack of access to housing and health care, and issues related to the criminal justice system persist. Communities displaced by the storms remain [...]
Maternal mortality in the US
Posted in Demand Dignity, USA, tagged Maternal mortality on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Submitted by Dan Johnson, AIUSA Legislative Coordinator for Oregon (adapted from Amnesty International USA Issue Brief, No. 3, February 2010) Over half a million women die each year from complications due to pregnancy and childbirth. The vast majority of maternal deaths occur in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Among industrialized nations, however, the United States has [...]
Bhopal 25th Anniversary event
Posted in Demand Dignity, Events, tagged Bhopal, Dow Chemicals, Union Carbide on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
25 years ago, Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India leaked extremely toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) into the surrounding city, exposing almost a million people and killing 8-10 thousands in the initial three days. For the last 25 years, Bhopal survivors have sought clean-up, compensation and accountability from Union Carbide to little or no avail. [...]
End 25 years of injustice in Bhopal
Posted in Demand Dignity, India, tagged Bhopal, Dow Chemicals, online action, Union Carbide on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shortly before midnight on 2 December 1984, thousands of tonnes of deadly chemicals leaked from Union Carbide’s pesticide plant in Bhopal, central India. Around half a million people were exposed. Between 7,000 and 10,000 people died in the immediate aftermath and a further 15,000 over the next 20 years. On 2 December 2009, the people [...]
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