The matching grant challenge ends tomorrow. Donations received through Jan 1st are being tripled thanks to two generous donors! Daniel Ellsberg discusses the importance of whistleblowing, as does Kristinn Hrafnsson, an official spokesperson for WikiLeaks.
Read More »December 27, 2012. By Lorraine Reitman. We have amazing news. A week ago, we told you that a generous anonymous donor offered to match donations in December, meaning that donations through the end of the year would be automatically doubled up to $10,000. Since then, we’ve heard from another donor, a long-time, Bay Area queer anti-war activist, has also pledged to match up to $10,000. This means donations are tripled through Jan 1st.
Read More »December 23, 2012. By Nathan Fuller. Spanning nearly three weeks and comprising more than a dozen witnesses, the Article 13 hearing on the defense’s motion to dismiss based on unlawful punishment was PFC Bradley Manning’s longest pretrial hearing yet. Here we summarize the proceedings and highlight what we heard from Bradley Manning himself, as he took the stand for several hours to detail his abusive confinement conditions.
Read More »Julian Assange praises Bradley Manning in a speech from the Ecuadorian Embassy balcony, Andrew Blake writes of Manning’s torture hearing in Fort Meade, and Defense News observes the influence the release of diplomatic cables has had on United States’ national security policy.
Read More »December 3, 2012. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. Army PFC Bradley Manning’s civilian defense lawyer David Coombs made his first ever public appearance providing an overview of the case thus far, in Washington DC. Guest speakers also included Michael Ratner, Jesselyn Radack, Kevin Zeese, and Marsha Coleman-Adebayo.
Read More »December 19, 2012. By Loraine Reitman, Bradley Manning Support Network. We’re writing today because we need your help to raise enough money for Brad’s trial expenses. We’ve had a generous donor offer to match the first $10,000 donated in December. Please make a donation here so we can ensure Brad has the best defense possible when he goes to court.
Read More »December 19, 2012. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. This month, over a dozen Quantico officials testified about Bradley Manning’s treatment at the Marine Brig. They didn’t exactly remember things the same way. Here we document some of the many inconsistencies between the way various prison guards, psychiatrists, and commanding officers say things happened.
Read More »Today is Bradley’s 25th birthday, and his third birthday behind bars without trial. Wish him a happy birthday and write him a letter of support! Here are a few of the birthday greetings and photos supporters have sent in thus far!
Read More »Al Jazeera’s Listening Post segment on the scant media coverage of Bradley Manning’s latest hearing, Mike McKee on why the Quantico brig was unfit to hold Manning in the first place, and Amy Goodman on why history will judge harshly the military’s treatment of the WikiLeaks whistleblower.
Read More »December 12, 2012. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. Closing arguments were made yesterday in the hearing on the unlawful pretrial punishment of Bradley Manning. The defense contended that the influence of a three-star general broke down the chain of command, allowing those responsible for Bradley Manning to treat him ‘like a zoo animal’ while the prosecution argued that while Bradley was not treated normally, the actions of Quantico officers were simply ‘cautious.’
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