Students for Bhopal

ICJB responds to Supreme Court's admission of curative petition for enhanced compensation

Submitted by SfB.Website on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 11:45

Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh

Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha

Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Bhogi Sangharsh Morcha

Children Against Dow Carbide

Bhopal Group for Information and Action

Press Statement - February 28, 2011

Representatives of five organizations of the survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today welcomed the admission of the curative petition for enhancement of compensation by the Supreme Court of India. Holding the Government of India primarily responsible for the collusive settlement of 1989, they stated that the government’s curative petition does not contain correct figures of death and extent of injuries caused by the disaster. They expressed hope that the Court will take necessary steps to arrive at a compensation sum based on correct figures of the impact of the disaster.

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Press Statement: Survivors Protest Unethical Drug Trials

Submitted by SfB.Website on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 11:40

Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha
Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Bhogi Sangharsh Morcha
Children Against Dow Carbide
Bhopal Group for Information and Action

Press Statement - February 24, 2011

Survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today marched to the Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Centre (BMHRC) demanding suspension of senior consultants involved with unethical drug trials on gas victims and compensation for those on whom drug trials have been conducted. Decrying preferential treatment of non gas victims at BMHRC they opposed attempts by the state government to take control of the hospital and demanded taking over of the administration of the hospital by the central government.

The organizations leading the march stated that senior consultants of BMHRC broke the law in 2004 by carrying out Phase III drug trials because such trials were illegal prior to 2005. They condemned the state government for not disclosing the findings of the investigation on these trials and demanded that the central government must act against the consultants who were interfering with the medical records of the trials.

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ICJB Mourns Activist's Passing Away

Submitted by SfB.Website on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 22:59

Press Statement

Syed M. Irfan, President of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahil Purush Sangharsh Morcha, died today at 3pm at his home after long Irfan

illness. He was 62 years old. A survivor of the disaster himself, late Mr Irfan was an active campaigner for justice in the case of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Despite being severely exposed to the toxic gas he led many demonstrations of the survivors in the immediate aftermath of the disaster and then stayed active till his last days.

In 2006, despite frail length he marched from Bhopal to Delhi seeking medical care and rehabilitation for the people poisoned by Union Carbide. Following Dow's take over of Union Carbide in 2001, he devoted himself to mobilizing public opinion on the issue of toxic contamination in and around the Union Carbide factory.

He traveled to several places within India including Chennai, New Delhi, Mumbai, Plachimada (Kerela), Raipur, and other places to raise awareness on Bhopal and in solidarity with other people's movements in the Country. Irfan

He was part of the joint front of four organisations since 2004 and was a member of International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal.

He leaves behind his wife and two sons. We, his fellow campaigners mourn Irfan Bhai's death and resolve to continue with the struggle with which he was associated for the larger part of his life.

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