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Bhopal update – 11-17-11 Media
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| Email-ID | 395569 |
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| Date | 2011-11-17 17:50:53 |
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Bhopal update – 11-17-11 Media
Scot, Tomm,
The Ecologist, a member of the UK’s Guardian media network, reported
Pesticide Action Network Int’l announced a “Permanent People’s Tribunal”
session will be held from Dec. 3-6 “to indict Agrochemical Transnationals
for gross violations of human rights.” No location for the event was
mentioned.
The targeted companies and organizations are:
Dow, Monsanto, DuPont, Bayer CropSciences, Syngenta, BASF, the World Bank,
the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization.
– PAN has a website dedicated to this PPT session, with a case
summary and a petition to sign with a goal of 10,000 signatures by Dec. 3.
This refers visitors to PAN Asia Pacific contact and social media
resources.
– PAN UK posted similar documents with a few more details, including
giving Bangalore, India as the location for the PPT session, and
identifying some “legal experts” and scientists who are named to the
“jury.” These are Gurdial Singh Nijjar, Director of the Centre of
Excellence for Biodiversity Law at the University Malaya; Pananchand Jain,
retired Rajasthan High Court Justice; and Upendra Baxi, former President
of the Indian Society of International Law…[and] scientists and experts
such as Dr. Ricarda A. Steinbrecher, a biologist and geneticist with the
German Federation of Scientists.”
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1122020/monsanto_bayer_and_dow_face_trial_for_systematic_human_rights_abuses.html
Indian media Hard News published an report on an activist’s RTI requests
to access GoI documents on the Warren Anderson extradition efforts. Afroz
Alam Sahil was provided with CBI and Ministry of External Affairs
documents from 1992-94, which he said indicated the agencies did not try
to expedited the process.
The lengthy article mentions the curative petition on Bhopal victims
compensation was originally scheduled to begin hearings on Oct. 17, “but
it has been postponed.”
http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2011/11/4214
The Hindu published an article summarizing this week’s media on the Dow
Olympic sponsorship, drawing mainly from the activist coalition
statements. Dow’s position on Bhopal and Lord Coe’s statements on the
matter were included.
The article appeared on p9 of the Delhi print edition.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2633719.ece
The Guardian’s poll on whether LOCOG should drop Dow’s sponsorship was
running about 90% Yes and 10% No. The poll is open until 6:30p.m. EST.
– A letter in the Guardian from a Danka Gordon complained about
French healthcare company Atos as a “major sponsor” of the Paralympics.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/nov/16/paralympics-problem-atos-healthcare
The Socialist Party UK media included a brief report on the BMHRC drug
trials controversy.
http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/694/13161/16-11-2011/fast-news
Ann Sigsby
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