Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
More than 100 environmental and human rights groups on Tuesday sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden urging him to pardon Steven Donziger, the attorney under house arrest for refusing to hand over privileged client information in a high-profile environmental case. 'Powerful interests are... trying to send a chilling message to environmental activists around the world that fighting against corporate interests can cost them their liberty and more.
'Donziger's fate could have lasting effects on environmental and corporate accountability activists, against whom threats and legal harassment already loom large and are escalating.' 'Steven Donziger's prosecution is one more example of how far powerful interests are willing to go in their quest to silence those standing up for justice and exposing their wrongdoing,' the letter continues.
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