Above photo: Steven Donziger embraces his son Matthew after his hearing outside Manhattan Federal Courthouse, October 1, 2021. Reuters/Shannon Stapleton. From the belly of the beast: read Steven’s first letter from prison on eve of his appellate argument Nov. 30 to overturn Judge Preska’s “conviction” in a trial found to violate international law. Donate today […]
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Donziger Slams Criminal Contempt Ruling
Above Photo: Climate activists gathered in Manhattan to support human rights attorney Steven Donziger on Park Avenue in Manhattan of New York City, United States on June 10, 2021. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. “The United States has now become one of those countries where environmental advocates are attacked, put in jail, or even […]
The Judicial Persecution Of Steven Donziger
Above image: By Nathaniel St. Clair. For some, call them criminal justice ingenues, it may be hard to believe this is happening in the United States, that our famed judiciary has sunk this low. But in the U.S., a judge acts as prosecutor and jury on behalf of a giant oil company, Chevron, as it […]
Manufacturing Disgrace: Reuters Distorts Chevron V. Donziger
Above photo: Depiction of Steven Donziger in the Intercept (5/20/20). Independent journalist Chris Hedges (ScheerPost, 8/25/20) wrote: The flagrant corruption and misuse of the legal system to abjectly serve corporate interests in the Donziger case illustrates the deep decay within our judiciary and democratic institutions. One of those deeply decayed institutions is the corporate media, as a review of […]