Bradley Manning exhausted all legal avenues to end harsh treatment

November 30, 2012. By Nathan Fuller. Taking the stand again at Ft. Meade, PFC Bradley Manning explained today the various ways in which he attempted to remove himself from restrictive Prevention of Injury watch, a day after brig psychiatrists testified that they recommended his conditions be relaxed as he posed no risk to himself. This week’s hearing will continue December 5-7 and the previously scheduled December 10-14 hearing has been canceled.

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Bradley takes the stand to describe months of abuse

November 30, 2012. By Emma Cape, Bradley Manning Support Network. After two and half years, supporters and media heard directly from PFC Bradley Manning. For five hours, he described in detail months of illegal pre-trial abuse, primarily at Marine Base Quantico, Virginia.

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Update 11/29/12: News reports from Bradley’s motion hearing

News updates from Bradley Manning’s motion hearing addressing unlawful pretrial punishment. Bradley Manning testified today, on the anniversary of WikiLeaks release of Cablegate. And photos from a protest for Bradley at Berkeley!

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Quantico psychiatrist: Bradley Manning’s pretrial confinement worse than death row

November 29, 2012. By Emma Cape. At Bradley Manning’s Article 13 hearing, professional military psychiatrist Captain Kevin Moore testified that Bradley Manning’s pretrial confinement conditions at Quantico military brig were comparable to, or worse than, those of prisoners he’d observed on death row.

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Bradley takes the stand to describe abuse, brig deception

November 29, 2012. By Nathan Fuller. PFC Bradley Manning testified today to explain the brutal detention conditions he suffered at the Quantico Marine brig, officials deceiving him regarding how to change those conditions, and relaxed conditions at Ft. Leavenworth. The government and Judge Denise Lind will question him tomorrow.

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Quantico psychiatrist says Bradley treated worse than death row

November 28, 2012. By Nathan Fuller. Notes from the courtroom in today’s hearing for PFC Bradley Manning. Two mental health professionals testified to the fact that Quantico was the first brig to blithely ignore their recommendations to remove a detainee from restrictive conditions.

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Military feared independent reviews of Bradley’s treatment

November 27, 2012. By Nathan Fuller. Notes from the courtroom: in Bradley Manning’s latest pretrial motion hearing at Fort Meade, Quantico’s base commander testified about internal discussions about Bradley’s detention conditions, why Quantico wasn’t fit to detain him in the first place, and the response to Bradley’s complaints about abusive treatment.

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Analysis: Bradley Manning accepts responsibility for act of conscience

November 19, 2012. By Jeff Paterson, Bradley Manning Support Network. “Pleading by exceptions and substitutions” is very rare–so rare that most observers were thoroughly confused. Why, what it means, doesn’t mean, and what next.

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Update 11/19/12: Filmmaker Michael Moore, Nobel Peace Laureates and musician Graham Nash prioritize support for Bradley

Celebrities including filmmaker Michael Moore, musician Graham Nash, and Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu are speaking up for Bradley. Punk luminary Ted Leo will perform a benefit show next weekend in DC. Come and join the movement!

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Nobel Laureates salute Bradley Manning

November 14, 2012. Nobel Peace Prize winners Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel take a stand for WikiLeaks whistle-blower Bradley Manning in a statement published by The Nation and The Guardian (UK).

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