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To Bradley Manning’s supporters, gathered on a cold rainy day outside the base where the hearings were under way, he is a hero.
To U.S. military prosecutors, Manning is a traitor who leaked hundreds of thousands of secret documents and aided the enemy. A conviction could mean a life sentence for the 24-year-old former intelligence analyst.To Bradley Manning’s supporters, gathered on a cold rainy day outside the base... more
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The psychiatrist who treated the WikiLeaks suspect, Bradley Manning, while he was in custody in the brig at Quantico has testified that his medical advice was regularly ignored by marine commanders who continued to impose harsh conditions on the soldier even though he posed no risk of suicide.The psychiatrist who treated the WikiLeaks suspect, Bradley Manning, while he was in... more
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Guantánamo has largely been ignored during the presidential election campaign, even though 166 men still languish there, and more than half of them — 86 men in total — have been cleared for release for at least three years (and in many cases far longer); and even though one of those men — Adnan Latif, a Yemeni — died in September, eight years after the authorities first decided that they had no interest in holding him any longer.Guantánamo has largely been ignored during the presidential election campaign,... more
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Jailed Pussy Riot Women Nominated For Sakharov Prize
Rule of Law Abandoned in Bradley Manning Prosecution
WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has been offered an Aboriginal Nations passportJailed Pussy Riot Women Nominated For Sakharov Prize
Rule of Law Abandoned in Bradley... more
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