What follows is a press release from The UK Friends Of Bradley Manning. Original article. Press Release Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP Member of Parliament for the Cynon Valley since 1984 Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group 18th March 2011 Bradley Manning Ann Clwyd MP said: “I…
Read More »Washington DC (19 March 2011) photos: Vets lead march on White House for Bradley Manning, against wars
On March 19-20, 2011, activist organizations and individuals will take to the streets to protest the U.S. government’s treatment of accused WikiLeaks whistleblower Army Private First Class Bradley Manning. Manning, 23, has been held in isolation for nearly 300 days, charged with releasing classified documents, including a video that shows American troops shooting and killing 11 people, including two Reuters employees, in 2007.
Organizers are calling on supporters around the world to take public action to protest Manning’s inhumane treatment at the Quantico brig, which P.J. Crowley, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s former assistant for public affairs, declaimed last week as “ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid.”
Read More »U.S. State Department Spokeman PJ Crowley was forced to resign this morning over his criticisms of the administration’s treatment of Bradley Manning as “ridiculous, counterproductive and stupid.”
President Obama discussed the treatment of PFC Bradley Manning in the MCB Quantico for the first time, in response to a question about a statement made by a spokesperson for Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.
Washington DC: March to Support Bradley Manning, Monday, March 14th at noon.
Read More »Join us at the Quantico Marine Base in Virginia to support accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower Army Pfc. Bradley Manning on March 20th! We’ll meet at 2pm in the town of Triangle (Main St. & Route 1). Bradley has been held at the Quantico brig in solitary-like conditions for six months.
Reserve your seat on our chartered bus from Washington DC at couragetoresist.org/bus
Bradley Manning Defense Fund Benefit, Washington DC. Sunday, March 13, 4pm at Busboys & Poets, 1025 5th St. NW, Washington DC. Featuring: Emma’s Revolution, whistle-blower Jesselyn Raddack, organizer Kevin Zeese, and singer Perry King. $20 donation suggested.
Read More »March 10, 2011. Brian Manning, Bradley Manning’s father, spoke out about his son’s treatment at Quantico, Virginia, for the first time to the PBS Frontline television program. A portion of that interview was aired today.
Read More »March 20, 2011. Congressman Dennis Kucinich told MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer during an interview today that Bradley Manning’s treatment at MCB Quantico raises serious questions about the Pentagon and US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates.
Read More »March 5, 2011, by David Coombs, Bradley Manning’s attorney. The Brig has stripped PFC Manning of all of his clothing for the past three nights, and they intend to continue this practice indefinitely. Each night, Brig guards force PFC Manning to relinquish all of his clothing. He then lies in a cold jail cell naked until the following morning, when he is required to endure the humiliation of standing naked at attention for the morning roll call.
Read More »March 4, 2011. Congressman Dennis Kucinich today released letters from the Secretaries of the Defense and the Army that respond to repeated requests to visit with Private First Class Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking confidential materials to Wikileaks. Kucinich is releasing the letters after new allegations emerged of Manning being stripped naked and left in his cell for seven hours.
Read More »Private First Class Bradley Manning, in detention at United States Marine Corps Base Quantico Brig in Virginia, was forced to strip naked on the evening of March 2nd, 2011, left naked in his cell all night and forced to stand at attention for the facility’s five a.m. wake-up call, according to his legal representative attorney David Coombs.
Coombs posted a report earlier today on his website announcing the humiliating and degrading treatment his client was forced to endure. Coombs added that Manning has been warned that he will endure the same treatment again this evening. He noted, “This type of degrading treatment is inexcusable and without justification. It is an embarrassment to our military justice system and should not be tolerated.”
Read More »March 2, 2011. After seven months of additional investigation by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) and other investigative agencies, the U.S. Army charged Pvt. 1st Class Bradley E. Manning with 22 additional charges on March 2, 2011. Most significantly, the capital offense charge of aiding the enemy under UCMJ Article 104 was added. The Army claims that the prosecution will not recommend the death penalty; however, the Army’s Convening Authority, Maj. Gen. Karl R. Horst (Commanding General, U.S. Army Military District of Washington) will have the final say in the matter.
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