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.
Read MoreNew 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreNew 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.
Read MoreOakland, 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.
Read MoreNew 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.
Read MoreQuito, Ecuador - Statement from Patricio Salazar, lawyer for the FDA, regarding enforcement of the pollution case in Canadian courts.
Read MoreWashington, DC – Amnesty International and seven other prominent anti-corruption groups are demanding that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate Chevron for engaging in witness bribery and fraud to target human rights defender Steven Donziger to evade a $12b pollution judgment awarded in 2013 to Indigenous groups in Ecuador.
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