Chelsea Manning
In a legal essay that President Obama has written for the Harvard Law Review, he declares that solitary confinement “is overused and counterproductive.” The President’s Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform “I believe strongly that solitary confinement is overused and...Read more
Chelsea is not currently in solitary confinement. She was recently given a week of solitary confinement as punishment for a suicide attempt. Since her arrest in May of 2010, Chelsea has spent more than 11 months in solitary confinement. The...Read more
The clock is ticking. Only 17 days left till January 20th. Amnesty International UK has created made it easy to email President Obama and ask him to give Chelsea time served. Amnesty International also wrote a blog post of support...Read more
Amnesty International UK has created this handy form for sending email to the White House. Obama: Free Chelsea Manning now President Obama has just weeks left to free Chelsea Manning before he leaves office. Chelsea’s mental health has...Read more
Happy New Year Everyone =) To recap the events of this past month: Chelsea’s petition asking President Obama to give her time served reached over 100,000 signatures (and did so four days before its deadline). The ACLU published a blog...Read more
Chase Strangio on Democracy Now (December 21, 2016): Her Life Depends On Obama Taking Action Now From the interview – excerpted from the Truth-out.org transcript. AMY GOODMAN: To talk more about Manning, we’re joined by Chase Strangio, staff attorney at...Read more
Chase Strangio writes about this special day: In the face of everything, Chelsea engages with the world, models accountability, transparency and camaraderie, and imagines a more just future. Even as she is punished when she fights to live or chooses...Read more
Chelsea Manning’s Petition Achieves 100,000 Signatures via RootsAction.org From the article: On October 4, 2016, Chelsea was again placed in solitary confinement. This time as punishment for her July 2016 suicide attempt. Chelsea had been working on her appeal for...Read more
Chelsea Manning’s Whitehouse.gov Petition surpassed 113,000 signatures on Tuesday. These last 30 days have been incredible. Last Saturday, we reached 100,000 signatures! During the campaign, we received support from numerous organizations and people from all over the world. Amnesty International,...Read more
Rolling Stone covers this amazing development: See Anohni’s Stark ‘Obama’ Video, Plea for Chelsea Manning Release From the article: Anohni released a chilling video for “Obama,” the latest in a series of similarly-styled clips promoting her recent LP, Hopelessness. In...Read more