http://ssla.oneworld.net/article/archive/2758 sh_SH http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160894/1/2758 Sixteen U.S. congresspeople have asked the prime minister of India to support Bhopal activists, who survived the toxic 1984 explosion of a Union Carbide pesticide plant, by bringing this corporation and its new owner, Dow Chemical, to justice. From: Bhopal.net http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160775/1/2758 UNICEF”s publication titled It’s About Ability - An explanation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a learning guide for children, with or without disabilities, towards fighting exclusion and discrimination in society and promoting the Convention's principles. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160700/1/2758 On Day 5 of an international treaty negotiation, U.S. officials are being charged with spreading "false accusations" to slow down the effort to ban bombs that spread their destruction indiscriminately over a large area. From: Cluster Munition Coalition via AlertNet http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160669/1/2758 Karnataka in southern India went to polls without Braille-enabled voting machines and ramps at the polling booths. Despite the Supreme Court directives, the world’s largest democracy has failed to provide accessible conditions for the disabled to exercise their franchise. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83750 The Aravind Eye Care System in India has won the $1 million Gates Award for Global Health for its work in preventing blindness and providing affordable, world-class eye care to the poor. From: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation