Chingari Sports Day 2012
The annual sports day at the Chingari Rehabilitation Centre was held this year on the 21st and 22nd of March. The children at Chingari were organised in accordance with their disabilities and age, and were helped …
Pilgrimage to Bhopal- Samuel’s blog
Late in the night of 2 December 1984 poor safety measures led to the release of 27 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from a pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide India Limited in the city …
Bhopal survivors tell Olympic Organisers to drop Dow Chemical as sponsors for London Olympic 2012
Cricket loving Sachin lost the use of his legs after drinking contaminated water in Bhopal. Rashida Bee, a survivor of the gas disaster, lost 6 of her family members on the terrible night of December 2nd …
Somerset Jumble Sale raises over £900
Fiona Case from Somerset, who has long supported the Bhopal Medical Appeal organised a local jumble sale which raised over £900. With lots of help from her family, including her husband Mike, daughter Polly & son Jake …
Indian Athletes Announce Partial Boycott of The London Games
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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Spirit in Motion- a classical guitar benefit concert for survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Students for Bhopal group organised ‘Spirit in Motion’- a classical guitar benefit concert for survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster in Boston. On Feb 24th, 2012 Jerome Mouffee took center-stage to …
Letter from Bhopal Survivors Organisations to the IOC
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 …
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Wikileaks Press Conference, 12pm, Monday 27th February 2012
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 …
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Fresh Concerns over Bhopal Toxic Waste Disposal
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 …
“The Olympics should be no place for ethics” – response to The Evening Standard
“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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‘Dont jump aboard the anti-Dow bandwagon’- Response to the Financial Times
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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Statement: The Bhopal Medical Appeal, the London Olympics and Dow Chemical
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 …
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