U.S. Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger held hostage

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NEW YORK, Apr 18, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - On April 16 2020, Nobel laureates, including Peace laureates and winners in Medicine, Chemistry, Physics, Economics and Literature, will announce they are calling for the release of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger from house arrest. Donziger helped rainforest communities win a landmark judgment

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