Over six years ago, Chelsea Manning helped change the world by leaking files to Wikileaks. Regardless of feelings you may have about Wikileaks’ role in this year’s election or Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning does not deserve the treatment she has gotten since her arrest. Obama now has just a few weeks left in his administration. I urge you to please sign and share the petition at the White House website asking for Chelsea Manning’s release before Obama leaves office.
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To review:
Chelsea was arrested and placed in prison in May 2010. She has been incarcerated for 6 and a half years, longer than any other person charged with leaking documents in the public interest to the press.
During her time in prison she has spent over 11 months in solitary confinement. The UN official charged with investigating her case formally accused the US government of cruel and unusual punishment tantamount to torture.
Chelsea has attempted suicide twice as a result of her poor treatment in prison. The first attempt related to repeated denials from the military to allow her to physically transition. The second attempt occurred after she was placed in solitary confinement again as a punishment for her first suicide attempt. She is now at risk of further solitary confinement as a punishment for the second suicide attempt. This is basically a policy of “the beatings will continue until morale improves.”
The incoming Trump admin presents a threat to any LGBT person, but particularly to those in prison. She is completely at their mercy and could possibly be subjected to conversion therapy or worse. She could find herself subject to having her transition treatment denied once again. It is no exaggeration to state that Chelsea is at risk of dying in prison. At the very least, prison has been extremely detrimental to her mental health, and she has been subjected to torture by international standards.
Early this November, Chelsea submitted a formal petition to have Obama commute her sentence to time served. This is a fair request and one that Obama should heed immediately. Please help her by signing the petition and urge Obama to release her before it is too late. Please also SHARE the petition on Twitter, Facebook, email lists, etc.
This is URGENT. Time is running out on the petition and for Chelsea. We need about 60,000 signatures by December 14.
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More information: www.freechelsea.com/...