Steven and his Ecuadorian clients

Free Steven Donziger!

U.S. human rights lawyer Steven Donziger has been placed on house arrest for eight months in an unprecedented move by a U.S. federal judge trying to protect a U.S. corporation from a historic environmental court judgment.

Join 29 Nobel Laureates and prominent NGOs Greenpeace USA, Global Witness, Amazon Watch, Rainforest Action Network, and others calling for the immediate release of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger.


Call on the DOJ and House Judiciary Chairman Nadler to seek the immediate release of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger!

I write to call for the immediate release of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger while he seeks resolution of his contempt charges filed by a federal judge. Donziger has been convicted of no crime, yet he remains on house arrest while lawfully defending his rights against Chevron’s apparently illegal effort to access his privileged and confidential information and ultimately silence his advocacy. I call on you to investigate this apparent abuse of power by a large oil company trying to intimidate those who advocate for justice and environmental cleanup in Ecuador for some of the most vulnerable people on the planet.  

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Donziger played a key role in helping Ecuadorian Indigenous peoples and local communities win a landmark $9.5 billion judgment in Ecuador against Chevron for its deliberate pollution of the Amazon rainforest while operating as Texaco from 1964 to 1992. 

Framed by Chevron with false evidence and corrupt testimony from a bribed witness, Donziger was ordered by the judge to turn over his email passwords, phone, and computer for review by Chevron. When Donziger appealed the order, the judge charged him with criminal contempt, seized his passport and ordered him detained. 

Donziger has been convicted of no crime, yet remains under house arrest for over eight months when the longest sentence ever imposed on a lawyer convicted of the charge is three months of home confinement. Donziger’s freedom to work and travel has been taken away, his family – including a young son – is suffering, and he is unable to continue in the campaign to help the affected communities poisoned by Chevron obtain justice. 

Join 29 Nobel Laureates and prominent NGOs Greenpeace USA, Global Witness, Amazon Watch, Rainforest Action Network, and others calling for the immediate release of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger!

 

Who We Are

The Frente de Defensa de la Amazonía (FDA), known in English as the Amazon Defense Coalition, is a grassroots organization in Ecuador's rainforest whose legal team is enforcing what is likely the most significant indigenous rights and environmental litigation in history – Aguinda v. Chevron.

The FDA represents Indigenous peoples and farmer communities in Ecuador who won a $12 billion pollution judgment against Chevron for the contamination and destruction of ancestral lands and waterways in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest. The judgment was imposed by an Ecuador court in 2011 after an eight-year trial and later affirmed unanimously by two appellate courts, including Ecuador's highest court. Rather than pay, Chevron threatened the rainforest communities with a "lifetime of litigation” if they persisted.

The FDA is now collecting the judgment against Chevron's assets in Canada, where it has won three consecutive appellate court victories. The FDA is the sole beneficiary of the pollution judgment and has been charged by Ecuadorian courts with spending any funds recovered to ensure a comprehensive environmental remediation and the restoration of traditional lands, the provision of health care, and access to potable water.

 
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Recent Press Releases

 
Press Releases
Donziger's Attorney Charges Two U.S. Federal Judges with Judicial Misconduct and Abuse of Power as He Urges Dismissal of Contempt Case

New York, NY – Two prominent U.S. federal judges today were accused of engaging in a pervasive and long-running abuse of power for participating in a cover-up to hide a bizarre arrangement where a private law firm working for Chevron was appointed to prosecute and detain human rights lawyer Steven Donziger after he helped win a $9.5 billion pollution judgment against Chevron.

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29 Nobel Laureates Condemn Chevron Pollution in Ecuador and Demand Freedom for Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger

New York – Today, 29 Nobel laureates released a joint statement and held a press conference calling for freedom for detained human rights defender Steven Donziger, joined by Alec Baldwin, Roger Waters and activists from around the world. They are demanding that Chevron Corporation "face justice" for its pollution in the Amazon, compensate the victims as ordered by Ecuadorian courts after an 8-year trial, and cease harassment of all advocates and community leaders who hold the company accountable.

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Statement of Steven Donziger on Support from 29 Nobel Laureates on Day 255 of His House Arrest

This issue today concerns both my personal freedom but also the world’s largest oil-related contamination, created deliberately by Texaco from 1964 to 1992 in one of the most delicate ecosystems on the planet in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. This contamination continues to this day, decimating Indigenous peoples and local communities and causing an untold number of deaths and health problems from cancer and other oil-related illnesses.

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Noted Human Rights Lawyers Launch Steven Donziger Support Committee and Demand Halt to Chevron-Orchestrated Attacks

New York – Renowned human rights and civil liberties attorneys Martin Garbus, Charles Nesson and Clive Stafford-Smith are among dozens of civil society leaders to launch a support committee for human rights defender Steven Donziger and demand an end to his unprecedented house arrest after he helped Indigenous peoples in Ecuador win a landmark $9.5 billion pollution judgment against Chevron.

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Global Human Rights and Environmental Communities Condemn the House Arrest of U.S. Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger

Oakland, CA – On the 100th day of his home detention, several prominent human rights and environmental organizations released an open statement condemning the house arrest of U.S. human rights lawyer Steven Donziger, a key member of the legal team that won a historic $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron for deliberately discharging 16 billion gallons of toxic waste in the Ecuadorian Amazon from 1964 to 1992.

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US Judge Retaliates Against Human Rights Lawyer For Refusing To Turn Over Computer and Cell Phone to Chevron In Ecuador Pollution Battle

New York – Human rights defender Steven Donziger today criticized another SLAPP-style move by U.S. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to try to insulate Chevron from the $12 billion Ecuador pollution judgment by holding him in “criminal contempt” for refusing to turn over his personal computer and cell phone to the company during ongoing civil enforcement proceedings. 

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The True Story of Chevron's Ecuador Disaster

Over almost three decades of oil drilling in Ecuador's Amazon, Chevron dumped billions of gallons of toxic waste into waterways relied on by local inhabitants for their drinking water. The result: A humanitarian and public health crisis affecting thousands of people who live in indigenous and farmer communities.

The True Story of Chevron's Ecuador Disaster

Roger Waters Tells Chevron's New CEO to Finally Clean up Ecuador

Legendary Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has a message for the new CEO of Chevron, Michael Wirth: it's time to finally clean up your toxic mess in the Ecuadorian Amazon!

Roger Waters Tells Chevron's New CEO to Finally Clean up Ecuador

The Chevron Tapes: Oil Giant's Corruption & Toxic Pollution Exposed in the Amazon Rainforest

Chevron's own secret videos reveal that the company hid pollution in Ecuador and knew that it cost lives.

The Chevron Tapes: Oil Giant's Corruption & Toxic Pollution Exposed in the Amazon Rainforest

The Empire Files: Chevron vs. the Amazon - Inside the Killzone

A U.S. court handed another victory to the oil giant Chevron Texaco, in its decades-long battle to avoid paying damages it owes in one of the worst environmental disasters in history. 

The Empire Files: Chevron vs. the Amazon - Inside the Killzone

Key Documents
 

Chevron Accused of $2 Million Witness Bribery Plot in Ecuador Pollution Case

Unanimous Canada Supreme Court Decision Allowing Lawsuit to Seize Chevron Assets

Chevron’s SLAPP Suit Against Ecuadorians: Corporate Intimidation

Chevron's Star Witness Admits to Lying in the Amazon Pollution Case

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