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Bhopal Solidarity Day: Sunday 7/21 (2-4 pm) Rm 3-270, MIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Wed Jul 17 23:09:31 2002
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From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
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Subject: ROOM CHANGE: Bhopal Solidarity Day: Sunday 7/21 (2-4 pm) Rm 3-270,
MIT
> Come to a screening and discussion of the
> documentaries:
>
> "The Betrayal of Bhopal" and "Bhopal- the Lingering
> Tragedy"
>
> this Sunday, July 21 from 2-4 p.m. in Rm. 3-270 at
> MIT.
>
>
> At this writing two Bhopal survivors and one
> activist are on day 18 of an
> indefinite hunger strike in Delhi to protest the
> Government of India's
> proposal to reduce the criminal charges against
> Union Carbide CEO, Warren
> Anderson, from "culpable homicide" to "negligence."
> Anderson has been
> absconding from an arrest warrant to appear before
> Bhopal court since 1992.
> Called the worst industrial and ecological disaster
> of the 20th century, in
> the first few days after the leak of toxic gases
> from the UCC plant on
> December 2, 1984, more than 8,000 people died. In
> the last 17 years, the
> death toll from gas-related illness has climbed to
> 20,000 and between
> 120,000-150,000 people are seriously ill--none of
> whom have received
> adequate financial compensation.
>
> For more information on how you can help go to:
> wwww.CorpWatchIndia.org.
> Sign the on-line petition, write letters to the
> Indian Home Ministry and
> send a fax to the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
>
> Sponsored by the Alliance for a Democratic and
> Secular South Asia.
>
> Please forward this message widely.
>
>
>
>
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