Steven Donziger is under house arrest for the effective defence of human rights internationally, and he now faces trumped up charges from a rogue judge with a clear conflict of interests, holding investments in Chevron when ruling in favour of the oil giant. On the other hand Assange is imprisoned for journalism and faces trumped up charges from the Pentagon. House arrest would be a luxury compared to the torture he has been subjected to as he has been placed in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, actions that were described as psychological torture by Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture. Can Steven Donziger be compared to Assange

