He has been under house arrest for over 500 days. Will Menaker recently did an interview with him explaining how he was persecuted by the judicial system for winning a court case against a corporation. Here is where to watch: https://ww2.ca2.uscourts.gov/court.html
edit: Donziger’s trial started at 10:41 central.
edit: The hearing is over, I’m not sure when the judge will rule.
Death to Chevron
The result was, and continues to be, one of the worst environmental disasters on the planet. Contamination of soil, groundwater, and surface streams has caused local indigenous and campesino people to suffer a wave of mouth, stomach, and uterine cancer as well as birth defects and spontaneous miscarriages. Chevron has never cleaned up the mess it inherited, and its oil wastes continue to poison the rainforest ecosystem.
I didn’t even know about this…
Donziger represented over 30,000 farmers and Indigenous people from Ecuador in a case against Chevron related to environmental damage and health effects caused by oil drilling. The Ecuadorian courts awarded the plaintiffs $9.5 billion in damages, which led Chevron to withdraw its assets from Ecuador and launch legal action against Donziger in the US. US courts have sided with Chevron and Donziger has been under house arrest since August 2019 awaiting trial on charges of criminal contempt of court.
I can’t say it surprises me that it is happening, but I am surprised by how brazen it is. The fuck is this??
I googled Steven Donziger’s name and the first thing that popped up was an ad from Chevron calling Donziger a criminal like :bruh:
“We’re not talking about putting someone in jail, just imprisoning them in a small apartment with the rest of their family for years.”
