(English) Psychologists for Social Responsibility open letter to Robert Gates on Manning’s confinement
2011-01-04
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Exposing war crimes is not a crime!
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Thank You.
Bradley Mannig deserves so much better that to be treated WORSE than a vicious animal.
the best thing for obama would be a PRESIDENTIAL PARDON.
If he ever heard of such thing.
Forget the nobel peace prize, this kid has suffered enough. PARDON HIM!
I write to ask you to kindly spare the time to examine the treatment being meted out to Bradley Manning in prison.
Apparently he is not being granted the minimum human rights of any prisoner, due to an alleged offence which is merely political, and not a crime against society or humanity as such. It appears that his mental health has been impaired due to this treatment, which is contrary to the terms of the United Nations Charter of Human Rights.
I would urge you to ensure that he be allowed adequate exercise, a cell which is of reasonable size, and equipped, such as to be conducive to his sanity, that he be given access to literature, if not the media, and that his psychological and mental health be positively addressed by professionals.
Whatever his crimes against the machinations of the State, and whatever justification there may be for his detention at this time, this young man does not deserve to have his sanity impaired due to the conditions of his detention. I would therefore repeat, I urge you to remedy his living conditions at your very earliest convenience.
Thank you in anticipation of your kind concern, in the name of humanity.
I understand that when he joined the military, he lost all his rights, but when you act out (allegedly) against a government who is acting against it’s general purpose; then I think all actions are justified. Sadly, he made the choice to trust another person who told on him. The problem is that the way our military is treating him is on par with a bunch of high school bullies beating up the school nerd in the locker room showers out of the view of anyone who would or could help. I think the greeting of “honorable” for the beginning of this letter was a horrible lie, there’s no honor in treating a person like we treat our mass produced food stock. I am so ashamed to live in this country these days.
Nobel Peace Prize indeed. I have lost all respect for Barack who does not appear to have the ability to think independently. Commander in Chief is a confusing name bestowed on US of A presidents methinks.
Do they send these letters for the thousands of others held in these kinds of conditions and much worse in the prisons in the U.S.? Manning gets some things others don’t. This kind of treatment is horrendous for everyone, we should be protesting all over the country about what goes on in the justice system and prisons.
It’s easy to see what the people want! No one wants this kind of shit going on. Like Celia says, Mannings situation is far from a rare one! But whilst we know what’s right, and we know what should be happening in these scenarios, it’s the government, the people in control, that want to keep the truth away from us.
Fuck that, and fuck them! If you’ve just been assassinated, or you’ve been shoved into prison, it would seem your on the right tracks to doing a good thing! Mannings is a true hero. And although it wouldn’t see that way if you believed the daily newspapers, that is a very rare trait in the army. In fact, it’s getting pretty damn rare in the whole world.
Well I haven’t got the power to do anything about it, it’s true. But if you are the Vice President or someone high up on politics and you’re reading this-you do have the power! You can do something about it, and until people truly stand up to it, the real hero’s are gonna keep getting arrested or shot. This is FAR from what Bradley deserves!
Keep it real
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