Chevron and the pollution of the Amazon in Ecuador

[teqniq]

I've been aware of this now for quite some time but just watched this youtube vid:




The human rights lawyer, Steven Donziger is currently under house arrest in the U.S. on trumped-up charges of criminal contempt of court. Wrt to what's happened in Ecuador, it's a prima facie case of ecocide or under current legislation, crimes against humanity. Chevron are absolute scum, who knew?

The lawyer who took on Chevron – and now marks his 600th day under house arrest

Steven Donziger has been detained at home since August 2019, the result of a Kafkaesque legal battle stemming from his crusade on behalf of Indigenous Amazonians

www.theguardian.com

 

[planetgeli]

I've been aware of this now for quite some time but just watched this youtube vid:




The human rights lawyer, Steven Donziger is currently under house arrest in the U.S. on trumped-up charges of criminal contempt of court. Wrt to what's happened in Ecuador, it's a prima facie case of ecocide or under current legislation, crimes against humanity. Chevron are absolute scum, who knew?

The lawyer who took on Chevron – and now marks his 600th day under house arrest

Steven Donziger has been detained at home since August 2019, the result of a Kafkaesque legal battle stemming from his crusade on behalf of Indigenous Amazonians

www.theguardian.com

I read that linked story a while back so yeah, I know about that aspect.

I've also been to the Amazon in Ecuador (2008) and know and have seen the destruction and displacement BigOil has caused there. It's not just Chevron. Tbh I can't remember in enough detail to give it justice to posting the stories I was told but this stuff has, needless to say, been going on years. And it was very violent 20-30 years ago with indigenous people losing their lives. And being displaced.

 

[teqniq]

Will the U.S. ignore this ruling? The U.N. is after all, famously toothless:

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

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 h

www.makechevroncleanup.com

E2a Actually after reading the linked article the U.S. may have to release him:

In the decision, the U.N. working group requested that the U.S. Government “take the steps necessary to remedy the situation of Mr. Steven Donziger without delay and bring it in conformity with the relevant international norms, including those set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” -- both treaties signed by the United States and binding as domestic law on all state actors, including judges. [/quote[

 

[Dogsauce]

I read a couple of articles on that case yesterday, an absolute stinker. The guy has basically been placed under house arrest by a corporation. The judge who issued the order is a leader of the Federalist Society, a pro-business legal group, which Chevron donates to.

The US is really fucking weird for having all these pro-business anti-human groups, like how does that philosophy develop, are people radicalised through the education system or something? Is acquisition of wealth something to be protected at any cost?

 

[petee]

Is acquisition of wealth something to be protected at any cost?

yes.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I read a couple of articles on that case yesterday, an absolute stinker. The guy has basically been placed under house arrest by a corporation. The judge who issued the order is a leader of the Federalist Society, a pro-business legal group, which Chevron donates to.

The US is really fucking weird for having all these pro-business anti-human groups, like how does that philosophy develop, are people radicalised through the education system or something? Is acquisition of wealth something to be protected at any cost?

If you look at nearly anything dodgy going on, you can usually find the Federalist Society somewhere around. Look at our last few Supreme Court picks. All dodgy as fuck, all groomed by the Federalist Society.

 

[teqniq]

What the fuck?

 

[Jeff Robinson]

The timeline of the Donziger case is just staggering. A dark Kafkaesque nightmare of corruption, harassment and corporate immunity:

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www.freedonziger.org

 

[teqniq]

This guy is a complete scumbag:

More than 200 lawyers file judicial complaint against Judge Lewis A. Kaplan over abusive targeting of human rights advocate Steven Donziger

Download the files: Cover letter Complaint Appendix Complaint signed by 37 organizations representing 500,000 lawyers worldwide details shocking violations of the code of Judicial Conduct by U.S. j…

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U.S. Judge Kaplan Held Investments In Chevron When He Ruled for Company in Ecuador Pollution Dispute | Amazon Watch

New York, NY – The U.S. federal judge who ruled in favor of Chevron in the company's campaign to block collection of its $9.5 billion environmental liability in Ecuador held investments in the oil company at the time of his decision, documents reveal.

amazonwatch.org

 

[teqniq]

Justice? What justice? Corrupt as fuck (tweeted yesterday):

 

[teqniq]

 

[hitmouse]

Saw this interview with him the other day:

Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced

The environmentalist lawyer says Chevron has “to try and destroy what I represent.”

www.thenation.com

 

[teqniq]

Fair play

 

[teqniq]

'Extractive Industries Everywhere Are Watching': 9 Democrats Urge DOJ to Free Steven Donziger | Common Dreams

"The DOJ must intervene in this case to show polluting companies that the Chevron model for avoiding responsibility for environmental catastrophe will not be tolerated by our justice system."

www.commondreams.org

 

[Jeff Robinson]

US Supreme Court denies Donziger’s petition seeking review of his contempt conviction: U.S. Supreme Court lets Chevron foe Donziger's contempt conviction stand

Perhaps what's worst about this is that it was two conservative justices (Gorsuch and Kavanaugh) who would have allowed the petition. The three liberal justices clearly utterly love corporate control over the US 'justice' system.