On August 21, U.S. citizen Bradley Manning - now known as Chelsea Manning - was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking classified information to the public about the killing of civilians in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; drone strikes in Yemen; torture in Guantanamo, Iraq, and Egypt; the coup in Honduras; corruption in Tunisia, the U.S. use of cluster bombs, and the blockade of Gaza, As Amnesty International noted, Manning has already served more than three years in pre-trial detention, including 11 months in conditions described by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture as cruel and inhumane. Amnesty is calling on President Obama to commute Manning's sentence to time served.
In support of Amnesty International's call, I set up a petition at MoveOn. You can sign and share it here:
Commute Manning's Sentence to Time Servedhttp://petitions.moveon.org/
I also wrote about the campaign at Daily Kos. You can read and share that here:
President Obama, Commute Manning's Sentence to Time Served
http://www.dailykos.com/story/
Thanks for all you do to help make America more just,
Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
http://www.justforeignpolicy.
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