Friday, November 14, 2014

50+ public figures show support for Chelsea
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Chelsea Manning Support Network

50+ public figures show support for Chelsea

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.

Click here to read more & see the full list of public icons


Chelsea Manning to be honored in sculpture

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.

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NYT calls out DoD on missing medical care

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...

Click here to read the complete editorial


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