By Emma Cape. April 7, 2012. It’s been two years since WikiLeaks released Collateral Murder, a video which exposed war crimes yet to be accounted for. The soldier accused of releasing the video, PFC Bradley Manning, is nearing two years in jail without a court martial. Here’s how to help us free him.
Read More »April 4, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Do you live near Ft. Meade or Washington DC? Please join our organizer list and stand with Bradley during his upcoming April 24-26th hearing. Your individual efforts as a D.C.-area organizer will make a crucial difference. Please share this announcement widely.
Read More »By Bradley Manning Support Network. April 2, 2012. Because WikiLeaks releases attributed to Bradley Manning helped promote democracy in the Arab world and an end to the Iraq occupation, he is the people’s choice honoree for an international human rights award.
Read More »By David Coombs. April 2, 2012. Bradley’s attorney, David Coombs, files four motions on PFC Manning’s behalf, including one to dismiss the “aiding the enemy” charge, and one to dismiss all charges with prejudice. Coombs is waiting to hear if the government will allow him to publish redacted versions of the motions online.
Read More »By David Coombs. March 30, 2012. PFC Bradley Manning’s defense has requested to publish its filings online, responding to widespread requests for greater transparency in the trial. The government rejected that request, but the defense is moving to publish redacted versions instead.
Read More »March 29, 2012. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. David House, Support Network co-founder, is suing the U.S. for unlawfully seizing and searching his laptop and other electronic equipment. A federal judge has just ruled that House has standing on claims of First and Fourth Amendment violations, rejecting the U.S. motion to dismiss.
Read More »By Nathan Fuller. March 24, 2012. Fearing protests, and just when calls for transparency in his case grow louder, the military kept Bradley’s current location hidden from the public. Update, March 29, 2012: Coombs says Manning is back in Ft. Leavenworth until his next hearing, but the military continues to obfuscate.
Read More »March 21, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Another top ranking official in PFC Bradley Manning’s chain of command has declared him guilty well before his court martial has even begun, in another judicial step backward for a courageous whistle-blower who shouldn’t be on trial in the first place. General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to the press last week in Hawaii. Asked for his thoughts on Bradley Manning, Dempsey said, “We’re a nation of laws. He did violate the law.”
Read More »March 20, 2012. Kevin Zeese. ‘From pretrial abuse through prosecutors not living up to discovery obligations and commanders declaring Manning guilty it seems like the government is trying to send a message — blow the whistle on war crimes and we will incarcerate and torture you, prosecute you in a kangaroo court and put you away for life.’
Read More »March 19, 2012. Nathan Fuller, Bradley Manning Support Network. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, unlawfully influenced Manning’s trial by declaring him guilty, mimicking President Obama’s words. How can we expect Manning to get a fair trial? Will Dempsey and Obama be held to account?
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