FAST FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN BHOPAL

Submitted by massjwj on Thu, 2008-06-12 16:29.
All day event

FAST FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN BHOPAL

 

Saturday, June 14, 2008, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

 

Copley Square, Boston


Nine Bhopal activists, including supporters and survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster and victims of water contamination, have begun an indefinite fast in Delhi starting noon on the 10th of June. Booker Prize shortlisted author Indra Sinha will join them and fast from his residence in France. This extreme step is being taken after numerous unsuccessful attempts to gain the attention of the Prime Minister to the grave situation in Bhopal failed.

 

JOIN THE GLOBAL HUNGER STRIKE RELAY TODAY!

Register your fast online.  To make the biggest impact, use the attached kit with letters for friends and family to explain your fast, fax action sign up sheet and handouts to explain what you are doing. If at all possible - plan to spend part of your fast in a public venue, where you can collect signatures and raise awareness! Sign up at http://www.bhopal.net/2008hungerstrike.html.

 

 

WHO: Boston chapter of Students for Bhopal, and concerned local citizens.

 

WHAT: Protest with a diverse group of Bhopal supporters, including 4 who will be fasting for the day.

 

WHEN: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

 

WHERE: Copley Square, across from the Boston Public Library.


WHY: To show solidarity with the Bhopal survivors currently engaged in a hunger strike in New Delhi.

 

Let us know if you can make it! Wear your Bhopal T-shirt if you have one. Call my cell if you get lost: 617-378-2579.Yours,

 

 

 JOIN THE GLOBAL RELAY HUNGER STRIKE - FOR JUSTICE IN BHOPAL 10 June, 2008 to -----?

 

SIGN-UP NOW TO FAST FOR A DAY OR MORE – www.bhopal.net/2008hungerstrike.html

 

SEND A FAX TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA - http://www.boston4bhopal.org/write_fax.php

 

Since February 20, 2008 -- when 50 Bhopalis set off to walk the 500 miles from Bhopal to New Delhi -- Bhopal survivor organisations have faced numerous hardships to achieve their demands for a Special Commission for rehabilitation in Bhopal and for legal action against Dow Chemical and Union Carbide. Two weeks ago, the PM conveyed his “in-principle” agreement to a commission. But neither details nor timelines were provided. And nothing was said on the matter of legal action against Dow and Carbide. 

 

The Bhopalis have been once again pushed into a hunger strike. In this important hour of our struggle, we need your solidarity and participation. If you are in Delhi, please join us for a day or more at our camp near Jantar Mantar. If you are elsewhere, please join the hunger strike by signing on the following page www.bhopal.net/2008hungerstrike.html. 

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