Take action! Pressure the military to improve media access to the Bradley Manning trial
Pressure the military to do the right thing. Call the military Public Affairs Office at Fort Meade and demand that transcripts, judge decisions, prosecution motions, and other basic documents must be made available to the press and public! Call 301-677-1361 then sign the letter below!
By the Bradley Manning Support Network. October 9, 2012.
Bradley Manning will have spent 983 days in prison before his trial begins in February.
This Wednesday, October 10th, lawyers for the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) will argue before the Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces to bring transparency to the secretive trial of accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower Army PFC Bradley Manning. This hearing is open to the media and public. CCR attorneys will argue that the military must make transcripts, judge decisions, prosecution motions, and other basic documents available to the press and the public.
“Public scrutiny plays a vital role in government accountability. Media access to the Manning trial proceedings and documents is critical for the transparency on which democratic government and faith in our justice system rests,” said CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy at the time of the initial filing. CCR has called Manning’s proceedings more secretive than tribunals at Guantanamo Bay in many aspects.
Let’s show our support by putting pressure on the military to do the right thing. Transcripts, judge decisions, prosecution motions, and other basic documents must be made available to the press and public!
Call the military Public Affairs Office at
301-677-1361.
Ask them what can be done to improve the situation.
Mr. Manning deserves to be heard and fairly treated. He should not be scapegoated for his actions while other culprits, who’ve done much worse, and continue to date, go unnoticed, and untouched.