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In a statement released on Monday, November
10th 2014, 50+ celebrities and public icons have come forward in support
of Chelsea Manning, Wikileaks, Snowden, and whistleblowers: "We stand in support of those fearless whistleblowers and
publishers who risk their lives and careers to stand up for truth and
justice. Thanks to the courage of sources like Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning,
Jeremy Hammond, and Edward Snowden, the public can finally see for themselves
the war crimes, corruption, mass surveillance, and abuses of power of the U.S.
government and other governments around the world. These bold and courageous acts spark accountability, can
transform governments, and ultimately make the world a better
place."
The statement has been signed by public figures such as Susan Sarandon,
Oliver Stone, Vivenne Westwood, Noam Chomsky, Russell Brand, Tom Morello, Viggo
Mortensen, PJ Harvey, Terri Gilliam, M.I.A, Thurston Moore, Moby, Pamela
Anderson, and Peter Sarsgaard.
Chelsea Manning will be enshrined alongside
Edward Snowden and Julian Assange in a monument created by Italian artist Davide
Dormino. Life-size representations of the three will be sculpted standing on
chairs next to an empty forth chair. “The three of them are considered traitors, who offended the world
because they told the truth. It’s an invitation to take sides and stand
up for the ones who have the courage to change things,” Dormino
said about the forth chair. "I felt that is very important that the public do something to
support. The reality is that these whistleblowers are our friends...
whistleblowers are sustaining democracies by providing us with accurate
information that we are not getting from our rulers,” added
Vaughan Smith who is also involved in the statue’s inception.
On November 8th, the New York Times editorial board published a powerful
editorial supporting Chelsea Manning’s request for gender-related health care
and tearing down the Army for their continued failure to provide it. Private Manning’s Missing Medical
Care By the New York Times Editorial Board, Nov. 8 2014
As a matter of constitutional rights and basic decency, prisoners
- including military prisoners - are entitled to proper care for their serious
medical conditions. Yet, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and
other officials continue to deny medically necessary care to Chelsea
Manning Continuing to deny it would be legally and morally
wrong, and several federal appellate courts have found failures by
states to meet the specialized needs of transgender prisoners to violate the
Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment...
In a statement released on Monday, November
10th 2014, 50+ celebrities and public icons have come forward in support
of Chelsea Manning, Wikileaks, Snowden, and whistleblowers:
Chelsea Manning will be enshrined alongside
Edward Snowden and Julian Assange in a monument created by Italian artist Davide
Dormino. Life-size representations of the three will be sculpted standing on
chairs next to an empty forth chair.
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