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title: "Bhopal victims stage protest on eve of the Olympics"
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date: "2026-07-30T21:15:10+00:00"
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#  Bhopal victims stage protest on eve of the Olympics

 Written by Jesse Garrick on 27 July 2012.

27/07/2012 - According to the *Khaleej Times*, over 100 disabled children staged a protest yesterday aimed at Dow Chemical, a sponsor of the London Olympic Games and company associated with the [1984 Bhopal gas disaster ](https://cbrneworld.com/%5C%22http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster%5C%22)- by way of their 2001 purchase of Union Carbide.

The protest took the form of a 'Bhopal Special Olympics'. Disabled sports activities were staged close to the Union Carbide factory as both a memorial to the thousands who died in the disaster and a protest against those behind it. Dow Chemical's sponsorship of the Games is seen by many, particularly Bhopal locals, as a public endorsement of a company still held responsible for the disproportionate number of disabled children born within the vicinity of the factory today.

View the full story [here](https://cbrneworld.com/%5C%22http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2012/July/international_July611.xml&section=international&col=%5C%22).

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