Lawyer Who Won $9.5B Case Against Chevron Spent 993 Days Under House Arrest

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Steven Donziger, an American environmental and human rights lawyer, won a landmark case against Chevron, requiring it to pay 9.5 billion USD in damages to indigenous communities in Ecuador for destroying and polluting their land. In retaliation, Chevron launched a suit against Donziger, accusing him of fabricating evidence in the case. In an unprecedented move, a U.S. judge appointed a corporate prosecutor, paid for by Chevron itself, to litigate a case against Donziger after the U.S. Justice Department refused to prosecute the case. Donziger was released after spending a total of 993 days under house arrest for a bogus criminal contempt of court charge but has yet to be pardoned. Donziger urges viewers to call the U.S. White House at (202) 456 – 1111 and demand a pardon from President Biden to undermine Big Oil’s corporate prosecution of climate justice. 

This video was produced by The Analysis News and published on their YouTube channel on the 28th of December, 2024. We have translated it into German and are republishing it today to help build opinion on this issue in Germany and beyond.

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ABOUT STEVEN DONZIGER

Steven Donziger is an advocate, writer, and public speaker on human rights and corporate accountability. Based in New York City, he is known for leading the international legal team that won a historic $9.5b judgement against Chevron on behalf of Indigenous peoples and rural farmers in Ecuador.