Lawyer Steven Donziger gets six-month sentence for contempt in Chevron battle

Judge orders prison for indigenous rights campaigner despite UN experts' opinion that his treatment broke international law

Steven Donziger, the US indigenous rights campaigner and lawyer who spent decades battling the energy firm Chevron over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on Friday for criminal contempt charges arising from a lawsuit brought by the oil giant.

Donziger, who was disbarred from practicing law in New York last year, was found guilty in May of defying court orders, including by failing to turn over his computer and other electronic devices.