Tag: Manning’s

15 SEP

‘A mistake:’ Harvard rescinds Chelsea Manning’s visiting fellow invitation following backlash

Harvard University has withdrawn a visiting fellowship title offered to Chelsea Manning after CIA director Mike Pompeo called the invitation to the intelligence expert a “shameful stamp of approval” and cancelled a talk at the university in protest. Read more In 2013, Manning was sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment, the harshest sentence in US […]

17 MAY

From torture to freedom: Manning’s supporters reflect on her 7-year nightmare

Whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been released, after enduring seven years of imprisonment and torture. John Pilger, her legal team and activists tell RT what Manning’s release means to them, and the journey it took to get here. May 17 doesn’t just signal freedom for Manning, it’s a date that many who have supported and fought […]