#FreeDonziger #ChevronCrimes

U.S. human rights lawyer @SDonziger has spent much of his life fighting environmental crime in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In 2011, he helped win a historic $9.5B judgement against Chevron for the deliberate dumping of 16 billion gallons of oil waste 1/

on indigenous lands, destroying the ecosystem and food supply, causing sickness and the death of over 2000 indigenous people. Chevron refused to pay the settlement and instead racked up $1B in legal fees to hire 50 law firms and over 2000 lawyers to obstruct the judgement 2/

and go to war against Steven Donziger. They have bankrupted his family and threatened the 30,000 indigenous plaintiffs with a lifetime of litigation rather than clean up their environmental mess and pay the judgement against them. 3/

Despite committing no crime, due to political corruption and Chevron’s deep pockets, Steven Donziger has been under house arrest for over 635 days in New York City. Join 68 Nobel Laureates, me, and thousands more in calling for his immediate release 4/

and demand that Chevron immediately comply with the rule of law & pay the court judgment it owes to the people of Ecuador. Steven Donziger’s trial begins May 10. There will be a rally at 8:30am outside the federal courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, NYC. #FreeDonziger #ChevronCrimes

What can you do if you don’t live in NYC & can’t attend the rally?

1. Call Judge Preska’s chamber & demand the reinstatement of public zoom access to the trial (212) 805-0240

2. Call DOJ’s Merrick Garland to take back the case & demand Donziger get a fair trial (202) 514-2000

You can also submit a request for public zoom access to the trial by emailing Judge Preska’s chamber: [email protected]

You can also add your name to the DOJ petition here: https://www.freedonziger.org/petition 

#FreeDonziger #ChevronCrimes