steven danziger is appealing this decision, but who knows if the appeals court will be any less corrupt? so in one week we learned danziger would be imprisoned for the crime of actually holding big oil accountable for their crimes. and we learned our government had planned to kidnap or kill a journalist for the crime of revealing us war crimes. huh. i think when you take those 2 things together it's pretty telling i think it sounds a lot like fashion. this is fashion of the highest order, fascism, fascism. this is fascism of that they just, they was close. you got it mythic. i was close. think i think about adult, the actual criminals, big oil, big war property, property, big farm, a big ag and the politicians who work for them. they can't be prosecuted. they can't even hardly be reported on. and if you dare do it your mother in our inverted moral universe, the villains lock up the truth tellers. you see, you see how that works. remember, everything the nazis did was the legal look under german law. because if it wasn't legal, then they made it legal. well, we're seeing that sweet, swee

which was for steven danziger to stand up. 5 and say, i'm sorry, i'm sorry i chunk on chevron. it was back in 2013 that danziger won a $9500000000.00 settlement against the oil giant chevron in ecuador. soon after winning it, chevron took him to court in the united states on charges of bribery and witness tampering. federal prosecutors declined to take the case, but judge louis kaplan appointed private attorneys, attorneys, who once worked for chevron to prosecute it. and in a trial without a jury found him guilty, the contempt charge of stem from his refusal to comply with court orders. and the appeal of that case, gentler and a prescott pushed back against claims that danziger was being over. punish saying he'd spent 7 years thumbing his nose at the justice system. and even if chevron were the bad guys, that didn't make danziger a good guy. but danziger now forbidden from practicing law, has already spent 2 years essentially confined here in his manhattan apartment, monitored by an electronic ankle bracelet. the reason i'm locked up is because we were successful. okay. i, alon

steven danziger has been jailed for 6 months for criminal contempt. his case stems from his fight on behalf of ecuadorian vintages to prove that chevron polluted the amazon rain forest in the 19 ninety's offices here, a spoke to tanika at his apartment, surely, but shortly before he was sentenced. the reason i'm locked up is because we were successful. okay. i along with other lawyers helped indigenous peoples in ecuador when a historic 9500000000 dollar pollution judge. when a good chevron for the deliberate dumping of billions of gals of cancer causing waste into the amazon. that's an historical fact that case has been affirmed on appeal by 28 appellate judges, including the highest courts of ecuador and canada, for enforcement purposes. you know, so why am i the will be locked up? you know, i help hold them accountable. let's speak to plat finkelstein, who's in new york. she is a professor of law on faculty, director of the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania law school. good to have you with us again at claire.

oil giant chevron, steven danziger, is she to be sentenced for criminal contempt on friday. the case stems from his fight on behalf of ecuadorian villagers to prove that chevron polluted the amazon rain best in the 19 ninety's. on wednesday, a panel of independent experts appointed by the u. n's. human rights council said that dawns occurs home detention is illegal. on the international, lawry al jazeera spoke to danziger and his apartment ahead of his sentence, hearing. the reason i'm locked up is because we were successful. ok. i, along with other lawyers helped indigenous peoples in ecuador when a historic 9500000000 dollar pollution judgment against chevron for the deliberate dumping of billions of girls of cancer causing waste into the amazon. that's an historical fact that case has been affirmed on appeal by 28 appellate judges, including the highest courts of ecuador in canada, for enforcement purposes. you know, so why am i the one being locked up? you know, i help hold them accountable. i'm 0. kristen salumi is that a riley of danziger supporters in new york. she is

steven danziger was charged in 2019 place the under house arrest on disbarred last year. as mentioned, he previously represented villagers in ecuador is amazon reaching the accused chevron of knowingly dumping toxic waste into lakes and rivers between 964 and 1992 aside from the environmental devastation that pollution is believed to have caused health problems including cancer. as for chevron, it refused to pay the multi $1000000000.00 fine, claiming misconduct by danziger on the ecuadorian judiciary. a u. s. court blocked enforcement of the fine in 27. 14. excuse me. saying that the 2011 ruling in ecuador was one through bribery. but mr. danziger has plenty of outspoken supports, including from his friend, pink floyd, co founder of roger waters. the rock legend told us, the latest ruling against the lawyer set, say, worrying precedent. the questioned arises for a soul is, what is the law for? and is it available to all of us, all members of society, irrespective of the depth of our pockets or a orac connections, politically, he spent 7791 days now under house arrest. an

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and this week human rights lawyer, steven danziger, reported to prison thanks to another us corrupt kangaroo court. so maybe don't bring up in justice in other countries, like telling someone they have bad breath after you just down to clove of garlic and a 3 week old teramy shoe that's been sitting in the sun. also, they wouldn't make sense for us to have lucas single for authoritarianism, considering even by its own definitions. the u. s. actively supports around 3 quarters of the world dictatorships. that's right. we dictator, especially ones, the jail journalists, or in the case from saudi arabia, chopped them up into little pieces and roast them in a barbecue pit. so no, that's not the reason. the real reason are lucas shank goes, steadfast refusal to privatize state acids, joy nato, or open the country up for foreign exploitation. oh, you bother. oh, why can't we explored your country? and because a loosing government has fought against the standard neal liberal gutting of bel arose, the country has almost no extreme poverty. according to a report by the world bank and the european uni

s. lawyer and indigenous rights campaigner steven danziger, who spent decades in legal battles against chevron has been jailed for criminal contempt after the oil giant counter suit with the sentence was imposed earlier. this month in a ruling that danziger has denounced as an embarrassment for the country. he has accused the state of intentionally locking up a human rights campaigner and described prison conditions as deplorable. i am one of 50 full men, living in one locked concrete room in double bunks. there are virtually no musk so social distance thing. it's is extremely difficult to communicate to the outside almost all a shock to see me here on a misdemeanor. conviction which further on the schools, the irregular nature of my situation. journalistic greg wilbert thinks the case appears as though it's meant to silence opponents of the oil giant has been prosecuted to the maximum by a very unfair system that has been trying to silence. and basically the if you look at the details of the case, there's a number of irregularities such as the bias of the judge. he used to be a chevro

steven danziger was sentenced to 6 months in prison by new court in a case stemming from his fight on behalf of ecuadorian villages. to prove that chevron polluted the amazon rainforest back in the 19 ninety's, kristen salumi reports from the yoke. stephen danziger arrived in court to a hero's welcome but the environmentalists indigenous groups who gathered to listen to the judge were deeply disappointed by his sentence 6 months in jail on charges of contempt of court. the only thing that would have changed today's outcome is the one thing that was never going to happen. which was for steven on sugar to stand up and say, i'm sorry. i'm sorry, i chunk on chevron. it was back in 2013 that danziger won a $9500000000.00, settlement against the oil giant chevron in ecuador. soon after winning it, chevron took him to court in the united states on charges of bribery and witness tampering federal prosecutors declined to take the case, but judge louis kaplan appointed private attorneys, attorneys, who once worked for chevron to prosecute it. and in a trial without a jury found him guilty, the

contempt. charging results from lawsuit brought against him by the oil giant earlier this month at steven danziger was found guilty of wilfully defying court orders, including by failing to turn over his computer and other electronic devices. donor himself has called the court's decision in embarrassment. poor reflection on the united states. i think it's embarrassing our country that we're now becoming one of those places and locks out. this is the latest twist and a legal saga that started back in 1093 when done or sued. the chevron corporation on behalf of 30000 indigenous people in ecuador for oil spills in the region. he won a 9500000000 judgement against chevron in an ecuadorian court in 2011. however, 3 years later, the u. s. judge deemed the ruling invalid. chevron also counter suit, danziger, claiming he had fabricated evidence, toner was ordered to turn over electronic devices to the company's forensic experts and later charged with criminal contempt over his refusal to do so. we spoke to independent journalist greg wilbert, who thinks the whole saga looks to stop people taking on big bu

. whichever one to this day, no money has been paid to any of those plaintiffs in ecuador and steven danziger, the attorney who represented them, has been serving time, but chevron has not paid any damages. okay, kristen, selena, that i live for. as in new york kristin, that for now. thank you very much. indeed. george's former president's mikella a sack a sphere. he says he has returned from exile to support the opposition for saturday's election. he posted a video on facebook saying his back despite the risk of arrest. he left george in 2013 and his 2nd terms president n vague. here is lacy, he was sentenced in absentia to 6 years in prison for a piece of para, where he denies the charges. the says they are politically motivated. let's get more now from robin forest. here walker is lie for us and it's a blessed see. i robin what's going on everybody's wondering whether me house or cash v the is really here. that video we saw of him posting this morning off on facebook, appears to show him in by to me. and it's very dark in the background. it's difficult to figure out whether he's really the

steven danziger is jeez, we sentence a criminal contempt on friday. the case stems from his decade on find on behalf of ecuadorian villages to prove that chevron polluted the amazon rain forest in the 19 ninety's on when st. you and human rights, she said, don stickers, home detention is illegal under international law and cold for his release. the reason i marked up is because we were successful. okay. i, along with other lawyers helped indigenous peoples in ecuador when a historic $9500000000.00. pollution judge, when a good chevron for the deliberate dumping of billions or girls or cancer causing waste into the amazon. that's an historical fact that case has been affirmed on appeal by 28 appellate judges, including the highest courts of ecuador and canada, for enforcement purposes. you know, so why am i the one being locked up? you know, i help hold them accountable. kristen salome joyce's no life form in new york and crystal. we heard from the man himself, he's the one working to expose corporate misdeeds. i. yeah, he's the one facing the jail sen

but steven danziger is supporters aren't persuaded. roger waters again says the oil giant should still be held accountable. stephen and i have become friends through all of this. i met him back then and and immediately it smells fishy. the whole thing's mouth wrong to make an israel and it's wrong and it will be go on. it'll go on being wrong and tell chevron pay those $30000.00 ecuadorian people there. it's now about $12000000000.00 with interest with interest and damages. it's gone up to about $12000000.00 that eroded reparation. and they needed a die. you know poor pads the nino who represents the amazon watch said that he said what was the close? he said this just like barry very slow motion. mass murder is what chevron oak up our guilty else. and it is another story. another update in a story we've been falling for some time. in fact, the u. k. home secretary has a nonce to an inquiry into systematic failures within the police force that led to woman being murdered. back in march, recent tragic events have exposed unimaginable fai

steven danziger has been sentenced to 6 months in prison on charges of criminal contempt. now he had earlier waged the decades long crusade on behalf of ecuadorian farmers and indigenous people against chevron. during that time, he won a $9500000000.00 judgment against the old giant in ecuador over pollution in the country's reign forest. the reason i'm locked up is because we were successful. ok . i, along with other lawyers helped indigenous peoples america, or when a historic 9500000000 dollar pollution judge, when a good chevron for the deliberate dumping of billions of gallons of cancer causing waste into the amazon was even don sinker was charged in 2019 placed under house arrest and disbarred last year, as mentioned, he previously represented villagers in ecuador is amazon region. he accused chevron of knowingly dumping toxic waste into lakes and rivers between 19641992. aside from the environmental devastation, the pollution is believed to of course health problems including cancer. as for chevron, it refused to pay the multi $1000000000.00 fine. fleming misconduct

incident going here in doha with the news, al from al jazeera, the headlines environmental lawyer steven danziger has been jailed for 6 months for criminal contempt. his case stems from his fight on behalf of ecuadorian villages to prove that chevron polluted the amazon rain forest in the 19 ninety's. republicans and democrats in congress are and talks to raise the government's borrowing limits. on thursday, congress passed a bill to avoid a government shut down. georgia as prime minister says that an operation to detain former president macau sanker philly has been successful. he returned from exile to support the opposition saturday's election despite the risk of arrest for on that. now from robin for estie, a walk up there to boise, i understand that he was actually detained here in sibley. see, having somehow escaped or the authorities since posting that video early this morning from by to me, which is on the coastal, which is on the coast. he, on, on the black sea. he made it to the b. c. and he then said that he said he faced likely arrest. we then had a statement from the prime minister sa