Link on the human rights lawyer https://chuffed.org/campaign/free-donziger/bb

  • Chronicon [they/them]
    ·
    1 month ago

    To be clear, he's out of prison, the fundraiser is to "pressure biden to pardon him"

    Which isn't a bad thing, he absolutely deserves a pardon, but it seems... like a longshot? to say the least

    • vegeta1 [he/him]
      hexagon
      ·
      1 month ago

      Unforrunately yeah. Imagine getting arrested by a private company and I think he isn't allowed to leave the country

      • Chronicon [they/them]
        ·
        edit-2
        1 month ago

        yeah it's fuckin wild stuff for sure. It was a big point of further radicalization for me watching that private prosecutor shenanigans go down and the legal profession/people I knew just collectively shrug and ignore it

        • vegeta1 [he/him]
          hexagon
          ·
          1 month ago

          Reading about the lawsuit against indigenous ppl. They spent 3 billion and hired 2000 or so lawyers. Absolute ghouls