By Salil Shetty, Secretary General, Amnesty International."There are certain moments in your life you never forget. I was in my early twenties, living in Bangalore, when I heard the news. On the night of 2nd December, 1984, toxic gas had leaked from a factory run by Union Carbide India Ltd spreading fumes over a large residential area in Bhopal.
Bangalore is a long way from Bhopal but the images were so shocking and gruesome, it felt like next door. Between 7,000 and 10,000 people died within just three days of the leak, our researchers at Amnesty International have since estimated. Hundreds of thousands more were poisoned. Despite the deaths, the many years gone by, and the numbers of people who today still suffer from chronic health conditions as a result of the leak; justice is yet to be served."
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