[Imc-india] URGENT: Police violence against Bhopal gas disaster survivors

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Activists from the International Campaign For Justice in Bhopal were 
violently removed from the Union Carbide factory site and prevented from 
containing and securing part of the hazardous waste left behind by UC that 
is poisoning the groundwater of Bhopal. Satinath Sarangi, Nityanand 
Jayaraman, Shailendra Yashwant, Ananth Padmanabhan and Adarsh Vansay were 
beaten up and brought to the Shahjanabad police station. Over 120 other 
local residents and activists who were attempting to make safe some of the 
hazardous wastes with barrels and other containment equipment were also 
arrested. 

The activist have called upon Dow Chemicals, which has taken over Union 
Carbide, to clean up the site and have called on the state government of 
Madhya Pradesh and the central government to ensure that Dow cleans up 
Bhopal. Today's violent police action reflects badly on the state's 
commitment to deliver justice to the victims of the world's worst industrial 
disaster. 

Please urgently call and fax Digvijay Singh, Chief Minister of Madhya 
Pradesh, asking for the immediate release of all those protesting against 
Dow's inaction, and demand that the state government assist in the fight to 
have Dow Chemicals clean up the Union Carbide factory site. 

Digvijay Singh, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh, 
Vallabh Bhavan, Bhopal. 
Tel: 91 0755 550 906 
Fax: 91 0755 540 501 
Please note that many numbers in Madhya Pradesh have had the digit 2 added 
before them, so the numbers might be 2550 906 and 2540 501 respectively. 


Regards,
Shweta Narayan
Toxics Link
Mumbai