USA: Decision to commute Chelsea Manning sentence is long overdue positive step for human rights
With less than a week left in his term, President Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning today.
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Mar 29 2018
9:49AM
From Swedish rappers to the refugee crisis – here are some films to keep you entertained and informed this Easter.
May 16 2017
4:00PM
Tomorrow Chelsea Elizabeth Manning will be a free woman. After seven years in detention – and until this January facing incarceration in military prison until 2045 – her freedom is momentous indeed. "For the first time, I can see a fut...
Aug 9 2016
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By Justin Mazzola, Attorney and researcher at Amnesty USA The news was hard to take when I first learned of it on 7 July – Chelsea Manning , who publicly stood up and took responsibility for releasing materials she felt would demonstra...
Podcast: Chelsea Manning and Michelle Hendley
'I feel like I’ve been stored away all this time without a voice'
Chelsea Manning
She’s arguably the world’s most famous whistleblower. And despite the fact that she’s detained in a high-security military prison, Chelsea Elizabeth Manning is still finding ways to speak out.
Aug 21 2015
4:08PM
A tube of expired toothpaste. Caitlyn Jenner’s infamous Vanity Fair magazine cover. Cosmopolitan magazine. Malala Yusafsai’s autobiography. The US Senate Report on Torture. What do all of these things have in common? They have all been...
Feb 1 2015
4:32PM
I wanted to thank all of you so very much for your actions of support and solidarity. I understand that over 200,000 actions were taken [for me] - that’s absolutely incredible! I am also so grateful for all the heartfelt support from t...
Chelsea Manning
‘I hope that you will continue supporting my fight for justice. My case impacts important issues that affect many, if not all, Americans.’
Chelsea Manning
Dec 22 2014
5:34PM
Chelsea Manning is serving a 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified US government documents to the website WikiLeaks. Why did you decide to leak documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? These documents were important b...
Dec 17 2014
4:22PM
Where were you on your 27th birthday? A question that takes most of us a minute or two to stab a guess at; maybe you’re not yet 27 (lucky you!), but the chances are you’ve spent various birthdays in different places, with different peo...
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