"former CEO Warren Anderson is a fugitive from the law" :
http://www.panna.org/resources/panups/panup_20051202.dv.html
Today, former CEO Warren Anderson is a fugitive from the law. Wanted on charges of manslaughter, he has students, nuns, investors, and an enraged fisherwoman from Texas demanding accountability.
The Indian government charged Anderson and Union Carbide with manslaughter for killing 15,000 people, and claimed damages for injuries to 100,000 more. Union Carbide is now a fully owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW).
Survivors of the Bhopal gas leak are demanding that Anderson and Dow face trial, clean up the toxic site, pay for medical treatment and compensation for illnesses, and provide economic rehabilitation for those whose ability to work has been affected.
At the heart of Dow and Anderson's impunity is the question of who is responsible for keeping corporations accountable to the law.
When individuals harm other people, society protects itself by sending them to jail.
Corporations are capable of inflicting harm on a much greater scale than any one individual could -- and yet public institutions are failing to protect society from corporate crime.
Warren Anderson may be a fugitive, but he has the U.S. government on his side. A freedom of information act request in 2004 revealed that the U.S. State Department denied India's extradition order after the U.S. Department of Commerce joined Union Carbide in pleading on Anderson's behalf.
So the USA harbours international criminals accused of taking multiple lives, about 5 times as many as 9-11.
I guess thats not news, just evidence that the USA is a dangerous criminal entity. Further co-operation with them should be curtailed where possible by governments of free people.
"Remembering Bhopal & Global No Pesticide Use Day, Bangladesh" :
http://www.panap.net/highlightsA1.cfm?id=42&hiliteid=HILITE20
http://www.panna.org/resources/panups/panup_20051202.dv.html
Today, former CEO Warren Anderson is a fugitive from the law. Wanted on charges of manslaughter, he has students, nuns, investors, and an enraged fisherwoman from Texas demanding accountability.
The Indian government charged Anderson and Union Carbide with manslaughter for killing 15,000 people, and claimed damages for injuries to 100,000 more. Union Carbide is now a fully owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW).
Survivors of the Bhopal gas leak are demanding that Anderson and Dow face trial, clean up the toxic site, pay for medical treatment and compensation for illnesses, and provide economic rehabilitation for those whose ability to work has been affected.
At the heart of Dow and Anderson's impunity is the question of who is responsible for keeping corporations accountable to the law.
When individuals harm other people, society protects itself by sending them to jail.
Corporations are capable of inflicting harm on a much greater scale than any one individual could -- and yet public institutions are failing to protect society from corporate crime.
Warren Anderson may be a fugitive, but he has the U.S. government on his side. A freedom of information act request in 2004 revealed that the U.S. State Department denied India's extradition order after the U.S. Department of Commerce joined Union Carbide in pleading on Anderson's behalf.
So the USA harbours international criminals accused of taking multiple lives, about 5 times as many as 9-11.
I guess thats not news, just evidence that the USA is a dangerous criminal entity. Further co-operation with them should be curtailed where possible by governments of free people.
"Remembering Bhopal & Global No Pesticide Use Day, Bangladesh" :
http://www.panap.net/highlightsA1.cfm?id=42&hiliteid=HILITE20