Report from Bradley Manning's last hearing before June 3 trial

May 21, 2013. By Nathan Fuller. Today was Pfc. Bradley Manning's final pretrial hearing, and the judge ruled that some of the government's witnesses will be allowed to testify in closed sessions. The government dropped a major federal statute from one of its specifications but is still pursuing the remaining 21. The court martial begins June 3, 2013.Read more »

Get on the bus for Bradley. June 1, 2013

April 24, 2013. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. Join us at Fort Meade on June 1, 2013, for a mass demonstration in support of Bradley Manning. Buses have been organized from Baltimore, Washington DC, New York City, Willimantic CT, New Brunswick NJ, Philadelphia PA. And now Syracuse, NY and Minneapolis, MN. Reserve your seat today! Read more »

June 1-8: Take part in the week of action for Bradley Manning

May 15, 2013. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. June 1st will mark the beginning of Bradley Manning’s fourth year in prison and the start of his trial. The June 1st Ft. Meade protest for Bradley Manning will be the largest action of our campaign! People across the nation (and the globe) will converge on Ft. Meade to stand up for the Army whistle-blower who risked everything to give the public real facts about our government’s wars in the Middle East and foreign policy worldwide.Read more »

SF Pride board denies public access to public hearing

May 8, 2013. By Rainey Reitman. The SF Pride Meeting was supposed to allow for community members to explain why they believed Bradley Manning should be a grand marshal in the 2013 Parade. The meeting closed abruptly after the first set of speakers and after protesters chanted against the refusal to allow a cameraperson into the event. The meeting has been rescheduled at an as-yet undisclosed location, date, and time. Read more »

Short Manning hearing: four government witnesses to testify secretly

May 7, 2013. By Nathan Fuller. Today's brief session included the court's rulings allowing four of the government's witnesses to testify in closed sessions in undisclosed locations in order to protect their identity. Tomorrow there will be an entirely closed session, providing a 'dry run' to test divulging classified information for trial. Manning returns to court for an open session May 21-24.Read more »

Meet our new Assistant Campaign Organizer, Farah!

May 3, 2013. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. Farah Muhsin Al Mousawi, was born and raised in Iraq, and has lived in the US since 2008. She is excited to be taking up the defense of Bradley Manning in order to show the world the realities of the war in Iraq.Read more »

LGBTQ leaders uphold selection of Bradley Manning as SF Pride grand marshal

May 1, 2013. By LGBTQ Community Leaders. Recently, it was announced that PFC Bradley Manning would be a grand marshal of the 2013 San Francisco Pride Celebration. We felt this decision was a bold and uplifting choice, bestowing a great honor on a young whistleblower being persecuted for following his conscience.Read more »

Bradley Manning the runner-up in the election for 2013 SF Gay Pride grand marshal

April 26, 2013. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. Past honorees of the SF Pride Parade have chosen PFC Bradley Manning as the sole selection for grand marshal at this year's parade, bestowing one of the highest honors in the LGBT community on the openly gay whistleblower, currently persecuted for shining light on war crimes. Read more »

Press and public denied access to documents in Bradley Manning case

April 17, 2013. By the Center for Constitutional Rights. In a press release, the CCR announces that the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has dealt yet another blow to press and public access to basic documents in Bradley Manning's case. The rejection comes mere days after a military spokesperson warned that the media center at Ft. Meade, which streams live video to reporters of Manning's proceedings, is a "privilege, not a right."Read more »

16 years for espionage, life in jail for whistleblowing

April 17, 2013. By Nathan Fuller. Spc. William Millay was sentenced to 19 years -- and will serve 16 of those -- for passing national defense information in attempt to profit off of espionage. Meanwhile, the government pursues life in jail without parole for Bradley Manning, for making information public that documents abuse, corruption, and criminal activity. The military sends a clear, chilling message in its selective prosecution.Read more »

Update 5/16/13: Media in uproar after government spies on journalists

Journalists and media organizations are in an uproar over the government's acknowledgement that it has been issuing secret subpoena's to gather phone records from journalists. Will this motivate the media to take more interest in the governments persecution of Bradley Manning, and of the Obama administrations crackdown on whistleblowers?Read more »

Update 5/15/13: What Benjamin Franklin and Bradley Manning have in common

Bradley Manning and Benjamin Franklin have a lot in common it turns out. Franklin shared private letters that exposed the desire of the royal government to restrict liberties in the colonies. In his words, he acted as a public messenger. Also Cornel West discusses the importance of whistleblowers. Read more »

Update 5/10/13: Vivienne Westwood stands up for Bradley

Vivienne Westwood stood up in support of Bradley Manning at the 2013 MET ball, where she affixed a photo of Bradley Manning to her clothing. She was cut off by her interviewers when she began to talk about Bradley Manning, but she got her message out regardless. Read more »

Update 5/7/13: LGBTQ letter published as full-page SF Bay Area Reporter ad

Responding to the recent controversy of SF Pride revoking Bradley's grand marshal honors, LGBTQ leaders have published this full-page, full-color ad, in the SF Bay Reporter.Read more »

Update 5/6/13: How open will Bradley's trial be? Assange, LGBT leaders voice support

Military has ruled the public has no right to access court docs, but the Center for Constitutional Rights may appeal. Dozens of LGBT community leaders are showing support for Bradley in wake of SF Pride controversy. Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK Women for Peace, interviews Julian Assange.Read more »

Update 4/27/13: SF Pride controversy: supporters stand for Bradley!

Days after awarding Bradley Manning the honor of being a Grand Marshal in the SF Pride parade, officials with the organizations issued a statement rescinding the honor, citing that it had been a mistake. Pride's lack of tolerance has upset many and supporters are rallying in support of the heroic soldier who did the right thing by exposing war crimes. Read more »

Update 4/25/13: take a bus to the June 1 protest, listen to a new song for Bradley

Jeff Paterson and Debra Sweet discuss the Bradley Manning trial, and Ryan Harvey has written a new song for Bradley to promote the mass demonstration on June 1. Finally, buses have been organized from Baltimore, NYC and Washington DC. RSVP today! Read more »

Update 4/17/13: Court rejects lawsuit for better media access, rules it does not have jurisdiction

A lawsuit by the Center for Constitutional Rights and other journalists to improve media access to the Bradley Manning trial was rejected by the appeals court who argued they did not have jurisdiction to make a ruling. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is calling for congressional action. Read more »

Update 4/13/13: Bradley has done more for peace than Obama. It is time for the government to make a deal

The LA Times argues that the recent ruling in favor of the defense offers the government an exit: it is time to make a deal. And Ron Paul states that Bradley Manning has done more for peace than Obama. Read more »

Update 4/8/13: Birgitta Jónsdóttir challenges gov't secrecy. Pre-trial hearing this week

Icelandic MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir hosted an event in NYC to raise awareness about Bradley Manning's three year incarceration, and his upcoming court martial in June. This week Bradley Manning will be back in court for a pre-trial hearing. A vigil will be held April 10th! Can you attend? Read more »

Motion hearing: on dealing with classified information

May 21 - May 24

Fort Meade, MD

Rally for Bradley at Fort Meade

June 1

Fort Meade, MD

Court martial

June 3

Fort Meade, MD