Liberties
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Video: Manning Conviction Serious Blow To Govt Whistleblowers
Michael Ratner: Bradley Manning’s conviction demonstrates Obama administration’s ‘War on Whistleblowers’ in full effect Continue reading
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London: Public Meeting Friday 9 August: War and Whistleblowers – Why Bradley Manning Should be Free
Bradley Manning faces a prison sentence of up to 136 years after being found guilty of 20 charges for revealing the war crimes carried out in our name. This public meeting, with speakers including Tariq Ali, Peter Tatchell, and Norman Solomon from the USA, will discuss the courage and sacrifice of truth-tellers like Bradley Manning… Continue reading
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Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, faces 130+ yrs in jail on other charges
A US military judge has found Army private Bradley Manning “not guilty” of aiding the enemy. However, he was found guilty of 19 remaining charges, meaning that he still faces the possibility of up to 132 years behind bars. Sentencing begins tomorrow. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 30 July 2013
30 July 2013 Big Update in Bradley Manning Trial | Video FORT MEADE, Md. (TheBlaze/AP) — Pfc. Bradley Manning will learn Tuesday afternoon whether he will be convicted of aiding the enemy – punishable by life in … Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 26 July 2013
26 July 2013 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning’s court-martial for leaking US secrets to WikiLeaks … The trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning enters its eighth week Thursday at Fort Meade, near Baltimore. The former intelligence analyst from Crescent, Okla., is charged … Continue reading
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Mass Hunger Strike by Californian Prisoners Protesting Torture: Dangers of Starvation-related Deaths By Dylan Murphy
On Monday 8 July over 30,000 prisoners in 24 of California’s jails started an indefinite hunger strike and work stoppage. This historic struggle is the third hunger strike by prisoners in three years. The prisoners are protesting against indefinite solitary confinement in Security Housing Units (SHU’s). An additional 2,300 prisoners refused to work or attend… Continue reading
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Wikileaks / Bradley Manning Newslinks 16 July 2013
16 July 2013 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks trial: judge hears dismissal arguments NDTV Instead, he gave them to WikiLeaks in an attempt to “spark reform” and provoke debate. He said Manning had no way of knowing whether al-Qaida would access the website and said a military report from 2008 showed the government didn’t even know. http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/wikileaks-trial-judge-hears-dismissal-arguments-392767 Continue reading
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Video: Kevin Gosztola: Behind the Scenes of the Bradley Manning Trial Ignored by Corporate Media
The judge in the Bradley Manning case says she will decide Thursday on his lawyers’ request to dismiss seven of the charges he faces, including allegations that he aided the enemy when he provided hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks. The defense says the prosecution has not provided sufficient evidence that Manning had… Continue reading
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The rules of secret justice in Britain By Angela Patrick
To impliment the deployment of ‘Secret Justice’ in the UK the government has to table the rules that will deliver the legisation. It has done so in a sneaky fashion and has announced they will be debated and decided in the House of Commons tomorrow! Continue reading
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Family Sues G4S For Killing Angolan Deportee By Pratap ChatterjeeFamily Sues G4S For Killing Angolan Deportee By Pratap Chatterjee
The family of Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan refugee in the UK, has brought a civil lawsuit against G4S, the world’s largest private security company. Mubenga died on October 12, 2010 while being restrained by G4S guards who were hired to help deport him from the country. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 11 July 2013
11 July 2013 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning defence rests after calling just 10 witnesses The Guardian The defence has rested its case in the trial of the WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning, rounding off its portrayal of the US soldier as a young man who accepted that he was wrong to have leaked a vast trove of state secrets but Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 10 July 2013
10 July 2013 — williambowles.info Key witness in Bradley Manning trial: Guantánamo files just ‘baseball cards’ The Guardian A key defence witness at the trial of Bradley Manning has told the court that in his expert opinion as a former chief prosecutor at Guantánamo Bay, the assessment files on detainees passed by the young soldier to WikiLeaks would have Continue reading
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Lord Ramsbotham attacks ‘perverse’ decision not to prosecute G4S over Mubenga death By Clare Sambrook
JULY 2012: Ramsbotham, former chief inspector of prisons, condemns original CPS decision not to prosecute. Peers describe UK Border Agency culture of disbelief, its abuse of torture victims, denial of legal representation, dawn raids on pregnant mothers, the perils of outsourcing, ‘loutish and aggressive’ behaviour, and that’s not all . . . Continue reading
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Defense begins case in trial of Bradley Manning By Thomas Gaist
The defense began its case this week, but it has been hamstrung in advance by military judge Colonel Denise Lind’s ruling that Manning’s political motives were irrelevant to case, which effectively denies the defendant any ability to mount a whistleblower defense. Continue reading
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Shocking video shows Mos Def reacting to gruesome Gitmo-style force-feeding
Extremely graphic footage featuring US actor and rapper Yasiin Bey, otherwise known as Mos Def, has revealed what the standard operating procedure for force-feeding Guantanamo Bay hunger strikers may look and feel like. Continue reading
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After Mubenga unlawful killing verdict: Could asylum seekers have a worse landlord than G4S?
• Unlawful killing verdict • Jimmy Mubenga died after ‘restraint’ by three G4S guards • G4S gave disputed evidence to Parliamentary committee about restraint techniques • Lately executive Stephen Small dismissed allegations about abuse of asylum seekers housed by G4S Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 9 July 2013
9 July 2013 — williambowles.info Of drones and whistleblowers The Guardian (Australia) While courageous whistleblower Bradley Manning continues to languish in a US military prison for daring to tell the world about the deliberate US policy of assassinating civilians and other unarmed opponents of its policies, the US leadership continues … http://www.cpa.org.au/guardian/2013/1601/21-culture.html Continue reading
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Bradley Manning / Wikileaks Newslinks 8 July 2013
8 July 2013 — williambowles.info Defense gets its turn to present case as WikiLeaks trial for Bradley Manning … Washington Post FORT MEADE, Md. — An Army private who admittedly sent troves of classified information to WikiLeaks is preparing to refute the government’s charge that he aided the enemy. The court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning enters its sixth week Continue reading
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