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 [...]
Archive for the ‘India’ Category
First convictions for 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal
Posted in Demand Dignity, India, tagged Bhopal on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Categories
-
