Updates
15 February 2012
February 15, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is the highest ranking civilian leader of the military, aside from President Obama in his role as Commander-In-Chief. As a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked for civil rights issues, and there is hope he will listen to our concerns about Bradley. He is also relatively new to the trial, and in a position of influence to allow United Nations requests for a special rapporteur on torture, Juan Mendez, to have access to confidentially meet with Pfc. Bradley Manning.
Read More » In: Activism, Featured, Updates 13 February 2012
February 13, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. The US Army last week scheduled a formal arraignment hearing for PFC Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower. The arraignment is scheduled for 1:00 PM EST, February 23, 2012 at Fort Meade, Maryland, just northeast of Washington DC. While the hearing itself is expected to be brief, PFC Manning is expected to be present, and the proceedings are open to the media and public. Washington DC area supporters of the Support Network are encouraged to attend the arraignment.
Read More » In: News, Updates 9 February 2012
February 9, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. The United States Army announced today that a formal arraignment date has been set for PFC Bradley Manning. The arraignment has been scheduled for 01:00 PM EST, February 23, 2012 at Fort Meade, Maryland. This arraignment will set the dates for a series of hearings on pre-trial motions, as well as the start of the full court-martial.
Read More » In: News, Updates 8 February 2012
February 8, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Every Wednesday from now until the court martial the Bradley Manning Support Network will be asking supporters to write or call an influential person in the trial. Just this week professor Mary Keck wrote an open letter to General Odierno, asking him to bring war criminals to justice, and to recognise the valor and honor of Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Pfc. Bradley Manning.
Read More » In: Activism, Updates 7 February 2012
February 7, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Can Obama do better? We think he can, and we are asking Obama campaign volunteers and donors to pressure the president to fulfill his promises of increasing government transparency. Ask him to free the most important whistle-blower of our generation, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Pfc. Bradley Manning.
Read More » In: Activism, News, Updates 6 February 2012
February 4, 2012. Icelandic MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir. February 1st 2012 the entire parliamentary group of The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament nominated Private Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize for revealing war crimes and government corruption. Following is the reasoning we sent to the committee explaining why we felt compelled to nominate Private Bradley Manning for this important recognition of an individual effort to have an impact for peace in our world.
Read More » In: Featured, News, Updates 3 February 2012
February 3, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Military officials today formally referred all charges against PFC Bradley Manning to a full court martial. Today’s announcement by the General Court-Martial Convening Authority, Major General Michael S. Linnington, endorses the recommendations made last month by Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, who presided over the Article 32 hearing in December. Supporters of the accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower have condemned these proceedings as fundamentally unjust.
Read More » In: Featured, Headline, News, Updates 2 February 2012
February 2, 2012. Commentary by Nathan Fuller. Sgt. Gibbs, Sgt Wuterich, and the soldiers who followed their orders have confessed to the blood on their hands, and they will be granted plea deals and near-immunity. Defense Secretary Robert Gates declared that claims of damage done as a result of WikiLeaks’ releases were “significantly overwrought,” and yet Pfc. Manning could be sent to prison for life.
Read More » In: Commentary, Featured, News, Updates 19 January 2012
January 19, 2012. The Bradley Manning Support Network has just been notified that the recommendations made last week by Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, who presided over last month’s Article 32 hearing, have been passed up the chain of command by Col. Carl R. Coffman Jr. We need you and everyone you know to call General Linnington right now at 202-685-2807. Tell him to drop the charge of ‘aiding the enemy’.
Read More » In: Activism, Featured, Updates 12 January 2012
January 12, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Military officers orchestrating proceedings against PFC Bradley Manning have referred all charges that were considered during last month’s Article 32 proceedings to a general court martial. Investigating officer Lt. Col. Paul Almanza rejected a request from lead defense counsel David Coombs to consolidate the 22 charges into three charges, expressing concerns that the military is over-charging PFC Manning.
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