President Obama has commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former army intelligence analyst who was convicted of leaking classified military documents to Wikileaks.
The 29-year-old whistleblower, who was sentenced to 35-years in prison in August 2013, will now be released in five months, on 17 May of this year, instead of 2024.
Since her incarceration, the former US Army soldier who was known as Bradley Manning, attempted suicide twice last year and went on a hunger strike at the US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
She continued her protest for less than a week until doctors allowed her to receive gender reassignment surgery. A military doctor has nonetheless refused to change her gender on her military records. Full story...
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The 29-year-old whistleblower, who was sentenced to 35-years in prison in August 2013, will now be released in five months, on 17 May of this year, instead of 2024.
Since her incarceration, the former US Army soldier who was known as Bradley Manning, attempted suicide twice last year and went on a hunger strike at the US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
She continued her protest for less than a week until doctors allowed her to receive gender reassignment surgery. A military doctor has nonetheless refused to change her gender on her military records. Full story...
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