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== Document leaks == | == Document leaks == | ||
While working as an intelligence analyst in the [[Iraq War]], Manning leaked over 750,000 documents to [[WikiLeaks]], including documents exposing U.S. war crimes in [[Iraq]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Republic of Yemen|Yemen]], and [[Federal Republic of Somalia|Somalia]] and torture at [[Guantánamo Bay detention camp|Guantánamo Bay]]. | While working as an intelligence analyst in the [[Iraq War]], Manning leaked over 750,000 documents to [[WikiLeaks]], including documents exposing U.S. war crimes in [[Iraq]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Republic of Yemen|Yemen]], and [[Federal Republic of Somalia|Somalia]] and torture at [[Guantánamo Bay detention camp|Guantánamo Bay]].<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== Imprisonment == | == Imprisonment == | ||
Manning was arrested in 2010 and held in solitary confinement for almost a year before her trial. In 2013, she was sentenced to 35 years in prison. President [[Barack Obama|Obama]] commuted her sentence in 2017, but she was imprisoned again in 2019 after refusing to testify against [[Julian Assange]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Jimmysllama|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Stands up for Press Freedom, Gets Jailed by US Gov't|date=2019-03-12|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/whistleblower-chelsea-manning-stands-press-freedom-gets-jailed-us-govt/256138/|retrieved=2022-09-18}}</ref> | Manning was arrested in 2010 and held in solitary confinement for almost a year before her trial. In 2013, she was sentenced to 35 years in prison. President [[Barack Obama|Obama]] commuted her sentence in 2017, but she was imprisoned again in 2019 after refusing to testify against [[Julian Assange]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Jimmysllama|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Stands up for Press Freedom, Gets Jailed by US Gov't|date=2019-03-12|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/whistleblower-chelsea-manning-stands-press-freedom-gets-jailed-us-govt/256138/|retrieved=2022-09-18}}</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:10, 7 March 2023
Chelsea Manning | |
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| Born | December 17, 1987 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States |
| Nationality | Statesian |
| Known for | Leaking documents to WikiLeaks |
Chelsea Manning is a Statesian dissident and whistleblower.
Document leaks[edit | edit source]
While working as an intelligence analyst in the Iraq War, Manning leaked over 750,000 documents to WikiLeaks, including documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia and torture at Guantánamo Bay.[1]
Imprisonment[edit | edit source]
Manning was arrested in 2010 and held in solitary confinement for almost a year before her trial. In 2013, she was sentenced to 35 years in prison. President Obama commuted her sentence in 2017, but she was imprisoned again in 2019 after refusing to testify against Julian Assange.[1]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jimmysllama (2019-03-12). "Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Stands up for Press Freedom, Gets Jailed by US Gov't" MintPress News. Retrieved 2022-09-18.