Panel of International Trial Monitors Condemns U.S. Judges Kaplan and Preska for Violating Fair Trial Rights of Human Rights Attorney Donziger

New York -- A panel of prominent international trial monitors, including former U.S. ambassador Stephen Rapp, is demanding the U.S. government launch an independent investigation into federal Judges Lewis Kaplan and Loretta Preska for violating the fair trial rights of U.S. human rights attorney Steven Donziger and detaining him illegally for almost three years after he won a large pollution judgement against Chevron.

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Law Students Launch Boycott of Gibson Dunn

Cambridge, MA – Today members of Law Students For Climate Accountability (LSCA) launched a nationwide call for law students to boycott the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. In a public sign-on letter and a video announcement, students described the boycott as a response to Gibson Dunn’s work shielding corporate polluters from climate accountability, attacking the rights of Indigenous communities, and persecuting human rights lawyer Steven Donziger, whose imprisonment is a direct result of the firm’s unethical and bullying litigation strategies.

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BREAKING: Highest U.N. Human Rights Body Rules U.S. Government Must Release Steven Donziger from “Arbitrary” Detention and Compensate Him for Legal Violations

Geneva (Sept. 29) – The United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights – the top human rights legal body in the world -- has issued a stunning ruling in favor of U.S. human rights attorney Steven Donziger on the eve of his sentencing on a highly controversial criminal contempt charge filed after he won a $9.5 billion pollution judgement against Chevron on behalf of Amazon Indigenous groups.

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68 Nobel Laureates Demand Biden Administration Review Chevron-Tainted Prosecution of U.S. Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger

New York, NY — Dozens of Nobel Laureates are demanding the U.S. Department of Justice immediately intervene and block the controversial misdemeanor contempt prosecution of U.S. human rights attorney Steven Donziger by a private Chevron law firm appointed by a judge with investments in Chevron. Donziger was the lead lawyer on a pollution case that resulted in a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in Ecuador, prompting the company to launch a “demonize Donziger” campaign.

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Ocasio-Cortez, McGovern, Raskin, Bush, Bowman and Tlaib Urge Justice Department to Intervene as Steven Donziger Faces Federal Prosecution Tainted by Chevron

Washington, DC – Six members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus have sent an urgent letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, urging that the Department of Justice reassert jurisdiction over and immediately review the case of famed human rights attorney Steven Donziger who faces trial on May 10th in the Southern District of New York on a misdemeanor contempt charge that has resulted in him enduring over 600-days of house arrest.

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