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Bradley Manning offers to accept responsibility for releasing classified docs as act of conscience

November 9, 2012. “I’ve backed Bradley Manning on the belief that he was the heroic whistle-blower in question,” explained Jeff Paterson of the Support Network. “Now that Bradley appears to have acknowledged this in court, its reason to redouble efforts to support him.” This trial may now pose a simple question to Judge Lind, “Bradley Manning–idealistic and patriotic whistle-blower or enemy of the state?” This is a question welcomed by Bradley’s supporters.

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Reports from protests at Obama campaign offices for Bradley nationwide

September 7, 2012. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. On the day of President Obama’s DNC nomination acceptance speech, protesters in 34 cities acoss the United States targeted local Obama campaign headquarters to demand the President free accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower and Nobel Peace Prize nominee PFC Bradley Manning. International supporters, in Australia and the U.K., also protested at U.S. embassies.

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Bradley Manning supporters crash SF DNC watch party, demand freedom for whistle-blower

September 7, 2012. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. Yesterday, following speeches from Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace, 100 protesters marched to the location of President Obama’s Official San Francisco Democratic Acceptance Speech Watch Party. In a room full of local Democratic officials, Obama activists and donors, they delivered a message demanding that the President free accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower and Nobel Peace Prize nominee PFC Bradley Manning.

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Bradley Manning defense claims victory on due process motion

June 26, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. In a legal victory for PFC Bradley Manning’s defense, Military Judge Denise Lind ordered prosecutors to explain their misleading statements in court and to account for discovery mishandling thus far.

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Media coalition protests censorship of Bradley Manning trial documents

March 12, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. A broad coalition of media outlets sent a letter of protest to top Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson today, complaining that “the overwhelming majority of court records filed in [PFC Bradley] Manning’s court-martial have remained shielded from public view.” They say that the U.S. military’s “unnecessary degree of secrecy” has prevented journalists from adequately covering issues of considerable public interest.

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Statement on closed hearing decisions

December 19, 2011. Bradley Manning Support Network. Shortly before 6:00 PM on the third day of Bradley Manning’s Article 32 pre-trial hearing, Lt. Colonel Paul Almanza, the investigating officer presiding over the hearing, permitted the government’s request to remove journalists and the public from hearings set for today. An objection by PFC Manning’s lead attorney, David Coombs, was noted in the record without any further action.

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U.N. torture investigator says access to Manning denied, condemns solitary confinement

October 19, 2011. Juan Mendez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, confirmed yesterday that the Department of Defense has blocked his requests for an unmonitored meeting with PFC Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks whistleblower.

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Bradley Manning Support Network in solidarity with Occupy Movement

October 12, 2011. The Bradley Manning Support Network stands in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement that has spread to hundreds of cities and town squares across America. We share a common commitment to exposing the corruption of corporate power upon our democratic system.

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Council of Europe condemns U.S. treatment of PFC Manning

September 7, 2011. Bradley Manning Support Network. The Council of Europe issued a draft resolution today condemning a “cult of secrecy” which the human rights organization says has allowed Western security and intelligence services to routinize the concealment of violent crimes and other rights abuses.

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Statement on WikiLeaks release of US diplomatic cables

September 2, 2011. Bradley Manning Support Network. Yesterday evening WikiLeaks made their complete archive of US diplomatic cables available to the public. This publication appears to have been precipitated by an unintentional leak of a file containing the same material, involving one of their media partners.

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