Chelsea Manning
President Obama Grants Commutation to Chelsea Manning January 17, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced today the commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence for disclosing classified information that raised public awareness regarding the impact of war on innocent civilians. Manning will reportedly be freed...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
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 Is Running Out of Time By Evan Greer for the Huffington Post. From the article: Transparency activist Chelsea Manning has already spent more time behind bars than any other whistleblower in U.S. history. She’s been systematically mistreated, subjected...Read more
Chelsea Manning and Other Trans Prisoners Face Exceptional Cruelty in Jail—Will Obama Do Anything? By Nico Lange for OUT Magazine Nico Lange asks: When sentenced to prison, trans women find themselves housed in facilities that misgender them and make them...Read more