Bradley Manning Support Network

Unprecedented efforts end torturous conditions, supporters vow to continue

May 5, 2011, by the Bradley Manning Support Network. Hundreds of thousands of individuals around the world are celebrating the confirmation that their efforts to end the torturous conditions inflicted upon US Army PFC Bradley Manning have been successful!Read Original Post »

Why was PFC Manning moved to Fort Leavenworth?

April 19, 2011, by David Coombs, attorney for Bradley Manning. "Although the news of the move came as a surprise to the defense, the timing did not... the defense was in the process of filing a writ of habeas corpus seeking a court ruling that the Quantico Brig violated PFC Manning’s constitutional right to due process."Read Original Post »

Stop the secrecy: Allow official visits to Bradley Manning

April 11, 2011, by FireDogLake.org. Sign the petition: "We call on you to stop obstructing official visits to PFC. Bradley Manning at Quantico Marine Base. Marine confinement rules clearly state that people "conducting official government business... Rep. Dennis Kucinich is clearly conducting official government business in the interest of justice. He should be allowed to official visits with PFC. Manning, along with officials from the United Nations and Amnesty International."Read Original Post »

Top US law scholars: Manning's detention violates 5th and 8th amendments

April, 11th, 2011. Nearly 300 of the top law scholars in the United States have just called on the Obama administration to end the torturous treatment of Bradley Manning. The strongly worded open letter, published in the New York Times Review of Books on Monday, called the condition's of Manning's detention a violation Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment and the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee against punishment without trial.Read Original Post »

Half million people join effort to stop the torture of Bradley Manning

April 8, 2011. Sign the Avaaz petition. The online action site whose subscribers number over 7 million, has joined us in calling for President Obama to end Bradley's inhumane treatment at Quantico. Their online petition has already collected a half million signatures in less than a week. Read Original Post »

Brig fails its own rules, denies "official visits"

April 7, 2011. Disregarding its on rules, the Quantico brig has formally blocked an official visit for Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Mr. Juan Mendez (the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture), and a representative from Amnesty International, to investigate Bradley Manning's situation.Read Original Post »

Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, and Revolution Truth

April 6, 2011, by Micaela Ward, Revolution Truth. When I saw the Collateral Murder video, taken from an Apache helicopter manned by US troops in Iraq, in which innocent journalists and Iraqi civilians were killed, clearly without cause, I was appalled but hardly surprised. In light of what we saw from Abu Ghraib, it was further proof that some members of our armed forces have no business wearing the uniform...Read Original Post »

Featured art: Collateral Murder and the human cost of war

April 5, 2011. As we lead up to the Bradley Manning Solidarity Weekend for artists and organizers, here are some images from C.T. Brown. These paintings depict the human cost of the Iraq war, a reality that was brought first-hand to the public by the release of the Collateral Murder video.Read Original Post »

San Francisco activists stand up for Bradley

March 23, 2011. Activists from San Francisco anti-war groups took to the streets over the weekend to perform creative actions to educate the public about Bradley Manning's plight.Read Original Post »

Hundreds rally at Quantico, over 30 arrested during civil disobedience

March 22, 2011. Hundreds joined Daniel Ellsberg, Army Colonel Ann Wright (ret.), David House, Jeff Paterson, and dozens of organizations at Quantico, Virginia on March 20, 2011 to rally for Bradley Manning. Speakers rallied the crowd against Bradley's extreme pre-trial punishment and the wars the US is waging in the Middle East. Dozens were arrested in an act of civil disobedience at the base entrance.Read Original Post »

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Update: 5/9/11

Julian Assange calls Bradley the U.S.'s most important political prisoner. Why do news sources use Wikileaks while shunning leakers? Why Bin Laden's death does NOT mean that torture works.Read Original Post »

Update: 5/5/11

Who is Bradley Manning? A reporter from WaPo interviews Bradley's family and friends. And last week, Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills and Nash performed a song entitled "Almost Gone: The Ballad of Bradley Manning."Read Original Post »

Update: 5/4/11

David Coombs provides details on Bradley's new living conditions. Firedoglake calls for further critical analysis of the Guantanamo Files.Read Original Post »

Updates: 4/30/11-5/3/11

Democracy Now covers protest controversies. Guardian editor: Wikileaks cables don't put servicepeople at risk. What Osama's death means for Bradley. Did you know?: 50% of New York Times issues in the past year have cited information from Wikileaks documents.Read Original Post »

Update: 4/29/11

Bradley is declared fit to stand trial. Controversy mounts over media coverage of last Thursday's protest. Charges against Bradley visitor are droppedRead Original Post »

Update: 4/28/11

A prison mailing address for Bradley Manning is released. Reuters finds that people in 24 countries support Wikileaks. Julian Assange mentions last Thursday's protest for Bradley. And Verbatim Verboten does public readings of secret transcripts.Read Original Post »

Updates: 4/24/11-4/26/11

Wikileaks releases Guantanamo Files. Logan Price releases full transcript of interview with Obama. The Daily Show speaks out on Bradley.Read Original Post »

Transcript of Obama's declaration of PFC Manning's guilt

April 25, 2011, by the Bradley Manning Support Network. Experts explain fair trial of accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower may not now be possible due to unlawful command influence. Logan Price, who spoke with President Obama on the video, available for comment.Read Original Post »

Obama speaks on Manning and the rule of law

April 23, 2011. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. At a fundraising breakfast on Thursday, one of our activists was able to ask Obama why he was prosecuting Bradley Manning. The exchange tells us a lot about the President's attitude towards the case. Salon.com's Glen Greenwald reports...Read Original Post »