Fasting for Justice: The Relay Hunger Strike for Justice in Bhopal

Register for the Hunger Strike at www.bhopal.net/hungerstrike2003.html

Bhopal: 1984, The Worst Industrial Disaster in History

• On Dec. 2, a poisonous gas leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide factory
  in Bhopal, India:
• 8,000 people died within days
• 500,000 people were poisoned

BHOPAL: 2003

• Carbide's toxic wastes poisons groundwater and found in breastmilk
• Survivors' children suffer debilitating illnesses and reproductive disorders
• 50,000 people are too sick to work
• Death toll risen to more than 20,000
• 30 people die each month from exposure-related illnesses.
• The Government of India and Dow Chemical, which acquired Union Carbide in 2001, refuse to take responsibility for medical, social, economic
  and environmental rehabilitation in Bhopal.

BHOPAL: A SYMBOL OF GLOBALIZATION'S WORST ABUSES

New York: May 1, 2003

• Two women survivors and one long-time activist launch indefinite hunger strike to increase pressure against Dow Chemical and the
  Government of India.

Washington, D.C.: May 12, 2003

• Twelve days into their hunger strike, Bhopal activists end their fast and launch a Worldwide Relay Hunger Strike for justice in Bhopal
• Hunger strike to be kept alive until December 3, 2003 - the Global Day of Action Against Corporate Crime The fight for justice in Bhopal is a fight for
  victims of corporate crime.

  JOIN THE RELAY HUNGER STRIKE FOR JUSTICE IN BHOPAL

  Register at www.bhopal.net/hungerstrike2003.html

  FAST FOR A DAY OR LONGER FAST FOR JUSTICE

  For more information, contact:

  In USA: Krishnaveni Gundu. Cell: 832.444.1731. Email: krishnaveni_g@sbcglobal.net

  Or Email:

  indra.sinha@virgin.net, nity68@vsnl.com

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