Here at The BMA office we can hardly believe that we are only three and a half months away from the 36th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster. The world has changed so much since we held events for the 35th anniversary. Each and every one of us has been affected in some way by […]
Thousands of people have gathered in Beirut in a vigil to mourn the victims of the enormous explosion that devastated the city a week ago. On August 4th, exactly one week ago today, 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse on the Beirut docks ignited, causing what experts are saying is one of […]
Imagine having lost a loved one for the sake of a disposable polystyrene cup. This is the position many families in the Indian town of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, now find themselves in after a deadly toxic gas leak at a local plastics factory left 15 dead and hundreds injured on May 7th of this year. […]
Following a spike in coronavirus cases in Bhopal, on Wednesday the Madhya Pradesh state government announced a 10-day lockdown in Bhopal which will come into effect at 8pm this evening, Friday July 24th, and remain in place until 8am on August 4th. The coronavirus pandemic has worsened in India in recent weeks, which now has […]
We are delighted to announce that our GoFundMe page for the Bhopal’s Community Shield campaign is now live! If you’d like to learn more about the campaign and support our efforts to protect survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster from Covid-19 please do take a look: https://www.gofundme.com/f/bhopals-community-shield-covid19-response The Current Situation More than three-quarters of […]
