The dead zone Article on the ongoing aftermath of the world's worst industrial accident, the release of poison gas from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal in 1984 ( Derek Brown via Guardian ) See also this blog entry from last month FROM http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm Vigilers Confront Former Union Carbide CEO Outside Long Island Mansion
Eighteen years after Bhopal, a representative of Greenpeace following an investigation by a British newspaper, tracked down former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson in mid-August. He has been in hiding, living in luxury in the wealthy Long Island community of Bridgehampton, which is about 75 miles east of New York City. Anderson has been facing charges of culpable homicide and an extradition order from the government of India for the past 11 years for his culpability in the 1984 Bhopal plant explosion. He has never appeared in court to face charges for crimes in Bhopal or even to explain why his company did not apply the same safety standards at its plant in India that it did at a sister plant in West Virginia. On August 29, the Bhopal District Court rejected an application to reduce outstanding criminal charges against Mr Anderson and called on the Indian government in the sternest language to move immediately for the extradition of Anderson from the U.S. Vigilers gathered on September 13 outside the U.N. to demand Anderson's extradition before journeying to the home of the elusive executive. Since then, Diane Wilson and others have held a vigil outside Anderson's home. They have enjoyed global support for this action, as well as a mixed reaction in Bridgehampton. Besides confronting Anderson, they have been harassed by police and heckled by neighbors, including producer Don Hewitt of 60 Minutes. More information is available from past global Indymedia coverage [ September 16 | July 9 ]. [ NYC IMC | Mumbai IMC | India Together - Bhopal Campaign ] http://www.indymedia.org/
