See below. Hold Dow and Union Carbide accountable. Send free fax using the link. George
--- SANSAD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear friends: We appeal to you to spend a few seconds, and send the fax to the CEO of Dow Chemicals. It is free and fast. Follow the link provided. Many thanks. SANSAD Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:34:46 -0500 From: Priya Ranjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Bhopal] SERVE DOW WITH SUMMONS TO APPEAR IN COURT!! Serve Dow With Summons to Appear in Court! Dow Chemical has been summoned to appear before the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in Bhopal to explain why it continues to shelter the Union Carbide Corporation, a criminal fugitive, from standing trial. Send Dow a FREE FAX with the Official Court Order!! Make sure that Dow gets the message: stop sheltering Carbide, a fugitive from justice and a corporate criminal. Keep the pressure growing by sending a FREE FAX with the official court order at: http://bhopal.aidindia.org/dowsummonsfax.htm Background Union Carbide, a 100% subsidiary of Dow, is charged with the "culpable homicide" of 20,000 human beings, and has officially been declared an "absconder" by the court for its refusal to appear to face these charges. Union Carbide and its former Chairman Warren Anderson have been running from court for 13 years, claiming that it has no jurisdiction. Survivors warned Dow that in acquiring Carbide's plants, products, people, patents and profits, it would also legally acquire its liabilities. And Dow did indeed pay out on Carbide's US asbestos liabilities, an $800 million blow that sent its share price reeling. In contrast to this US decision, Dow has always refused to accept Carbide's outstanding Bhopal liabilities in India--and indeed, until recently, refused to even acknowledge their existence. In 2003 Dow CEO William Stavropoulos told his company's AGM that there were no criminal charges outstanding against Carbide in India, a statement he was later forced to retract (he claimed he "mis-spoke"). Since that time, however, Dow has continued to perpetuate this "misstatement" in its comments to the media. However the recent summons issued to Dow by the Bhopal court confirms that, in a legal sense, the posse is closing in. The summons marks the first time that Carbide's corporate parent, Dow Chemical, has been drawn into the lawsuit, and if the court does not find Dow's explanations convincing it could seize Dow's Indian assets to enforce compliance with its order for Carbide to appear. -------------------------------------------------------------------- AID: Together We are Rebuilding a Nation! http://survivors.aidindia.org/?r=priya Bhopal mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.aidindia.org/mailman/listinfo/bhopal
