Thursday, October 22, 2015

Free Chelsea Manning Now! -New whistleblower steps forward: The Drone Papers

Tue, Oct 20, 2015 01:43 PM
Chelsea Manning Support Network
A new whistleblower, End of Chelsea's restrictions, Medium
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New whistleblower steps forward: The Drone Papers

On Friday, October 18th, the Intercept released The Drone Papers, a series of secret documents providing previously unknown insights on the inner workings of drone warfare including the startling revelation that, “nearly 90% of people killed in airstrikes were not the intended targets...
The Intercept came by the documents courtesy of a single, currently anonymous source. Similar to Chelsea Manning, this whistleblower was moved to act by their conscience.
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg told the Guardian, “I waited 40 years for Chelsea. Three more for Snowden. And so it’s wonderful that somebody is telling the truth about this series of crimes. I’m very glad to see it.

Chelsea speaks out on new blogging platform, Medium

Although still serving her 35-year prison sentence at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, KS, Chelsea Manning continues to find new ways to make her voice heard.
On October 7th, Chelsea published her first piece on Medium, a new blogging platform, where she will continue to share more of her personal story.
Catch up with Chelsea's latest Medium pieces:
Chelsea also writes op-eds for the Guardian, and maintains a presence on Twitter (@xychelsea)

End of 21-day restrictions for Chelsea

On October 8th, Chelsea Manning's 21-day recreational restriction sentence finally came to an end. As part of her sentence, Chelsea was confined to her cell for most of the day, severely limiting her ability to connect to supporters and the outside world,.
The sentence was the result of an August 18th secret disciplinary panel that found Chelsea guilty of four ridiculous institutional offenses, including the possession of books and magazines related to politics and LBGTQ issues (which she received openly via the prison mail system), and having a tube of toothpaste that was past its expiration date–deemed “medical mis-use”. She was initially threatened with the potential of indefinite solitary confinement.

Chelsea can continue to be a powerful voice for reform, but we need your help to make that happen. Help us support Chelsea in prison, maximize her voice in the media, continue public education, fund her legal appeals team, and build a powerful movement for presidential pardon.

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