On the night of December 2-3, 1984, India woke up to its worst industrial disaster when tonnes of the deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins leaked from a Union Carbide (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, resulting in large-scale exposure, thousands of deaths and maiming many more thousands for life.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Aparna Ray ◆【和訳】Hanako Tokita ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
Following convictions on Monday of seven Indian citizens for the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak disaster, Amnesty International has called on the Indian and US governments to take the next step by bringing the US-based Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) to justice.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2010年6月7日) 〕
Since 2001, Dow has been a 100% owner of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), the company which held a majority share in the Indian subsidiary that owned and operated the UCC plant responsible for the 1984 Bhopal disaster.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2011年10月24日) 〕
More than 25 years later, a court in Bhopal has pronounced a guilty verdict on the Indian arm of Union Carbide and also convicted 8 former UCIL officials (all Indians) as being guilty under Sections 304-A (causing death by negligence), 304-II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 336, 337 and 338 (gross negligence) of the Indian Penal Code.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Aparna Ray ◆【和訳】Hanako Tokita ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
Seven Indian nationals, who formerly worked for the Indian company Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL), were found guilty by the Bhopal Court of causing death by negligence, a charge that carries a maximum two year sentence.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2010年6月7日) 〕
As you know, in December 1984 a gas leak from a pesticide plant in Bhopal owned by Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), the Indian affiliate of the US-based multinational Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), killed more than 7,000 people and affected hundreds of thousands within days.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2006年4月6日) 〕
In February, however, Facebook revealed it was studying the possibility of re-opening in China, the world's largest Internet market, and now Zuckerberg has visited the country officially "on vacation".〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Violeta Camarasa ◆【和訳】Shota Ando ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
However, there was no mention in the verdict of Warren Anderson, the then Chairman of Union Carbide Corporation who skipped bail, fled the country and has been declared an absconder after he refused to return to India from the US and stand trial.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Aparna Ray ◆【和訳】Hanako Tokita ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
Thousands of people died and more than 100,000 continue to suffer from serious health problems as a consequence of 1984’s deadly leak of toxic chemicals from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India.〔【出典】アムネスティ・インターナショナル プレス・リリース(2010年4月16日) 〕
An Indian court has ruled that a former chairman of U.S.-based Union Carbide Corporation should face homicide charges for a deadly gas leak at a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, nearly 20 years ago."VOA-0195", "2245546"
Zuckerberg's last visit to China took place in December 2010 and was also billed as a vacation trip, despite that he paid several visits to top Chinese Internet companies such as Baidu, Sina and Alibaba.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Violeta Camarasa ◆【和訳】Shota Ando ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
Online discussions sparked by Zuckerberg's visit to China focus not only on the Internet industry but also on censorship, freedom of expression and the hope - or not - of seeing Facebook unblocked.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Violeta Camarasa ◆【和訳】Shota Ando ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
Although Zuckerberg alleged it was just a vacation trip, netizens in China and worldwide have their doubts.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Violeta Camarasa ◆【和訳】Shota Ando ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
Zuckerberg himself has stated that Facebook can be an agent of change in China, like it has been in Egypt or Tunisia.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Violeta Camarasa ◆【和訳】Shota Ando ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕