Dear
Fight for the Future member,
I talked to Chelsea on the phone last night and got the news: even though she was convicted of all four of the ridiculous “charges” the military brought against her, but she was not sentenced to ANY solitary confinement.
That’s amazing.
Chelsea told me that nearly every prisoner that goes before one of these “disciplinary” boards gets at least some time in solitary confinement. Sh said that “absolutely and without a doubt” it was our petition, signed by more than 100,000 people like you, and the massive media coverage surrounding it, that stopped the Army using that form of torture on her.
Chelsea’s attorney at the ACLU agreed, telling The Guardian that “It was no doubt this support that kept [Chelsea] out of solitary confinement.”1
We did something incredible, and it’s worth celebrating. But Chelsea is still being harassed, and needs our ongoing support.
Right now, she’s being punished with 21 days of restrictions that will prevent her from using the prison library and going outside. And the “convictions” (for the LGBTQ reading materials, and expired toothpaste) will remain on her record, impacting her future chances at parole and greatly extending time before she can transition to minimum security custody.
So, we successfully protected her from the worst abuses. But we also know that she isn’t out of the woods yet.
We’ll keep in touch with Chelsea and keep you posted when she needs our support again.
In the meantime, if victories like this one mean a lot to you (and they do to us!) please consider donating. Protecting whistleblowers like Chelsea from abuse at the hands of governments is the kind of work we live for.
And beyond keeping Chelsea safe, we’d like to be doing more to support the courageous activism and writing she’s been doing from behind bars. But we won’t be able to do it without your help.
Click here to chip in $5 so we can protect and support Chelsea.
Thanks for all that you’ve done. I’m proud of us today.
- Evan at Fight for the Future
P.S. Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date on the latest developments: https://www.twitter.com/fightfortheftr.
1. The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/19/chelsea-manning-guilty-but-spared-solitary-confinement-for-contraband
I talked to Chelsea on the phone last night and got the news: even though she was convicted of all four of the ridiculous “charges” the military brought against her, but she was not sentenced to ANY solitary confinement.
That’s amazing.
Chelsea told me that nearly every prisoner that goes before one of these “disciplinary” boards gets at least some time in solitary confinement. Sh said that “absolutely and without a doubt” it was our petition, signed by more than 100,000 people like you, and the massive media coverage surrounding it, that stopped the Army using that form of torture on her.
Chelsea’s attorney at the ACLU agreed, telling The Guardian that “It was no doubt this support that kept [Chelsea] out of solitary confinement.”1
We did something incredible, and it’s worth celebrating. But Chelsea is still being harassed, and needs our ongoing support.
Right now, she’s being punished with 21 days of restrictions that will prevent her from using the prison library and going outside. And the “convictions” (for the LGBTQ reading materials, and expired toothpaste) will remain on her record, impacting her future chances at parole and greatly extending time before she can transition to minimum security custody.
So, we successfully protected her from the worst abuses. But we also know that she isn’t out of the woods yet.
We’ll keep in touch with Chelsea and keep you posted when she needs our support again.
In the meantime, if victories like this one mean a lot to you (and they do to us!) please consider donating. Protecting whistleblowers like Chelsea from abuse at the hands of governments is the kind of work we live for.
And beyond keeping Chelsea safe, we’d like to be doing more to support the courageous activism and writing she’s been doing from behind bars. But we won’t be able to do it without your help.
Click here to chip in $5 so we can protect and support Chelsea.
Thanks for all that you’ve done. I’m proud of us today.
- Evan at Fight for the Future
P.S. Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date on the latest developments: https://www.twitter.com/fightfortheftr.
1. The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/19/chelsea-manning-guilty-but-spared-solitary-confinement-for-contraband
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