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“If the public, particularly the American public, had
access to this information, it could spark a debate on the military and our
foreign policy in general as it applied to Iraq and Afghanistan, it might cause
society to reconsider the need to engage in counter-terrorism while ignoring the
human situation of the people we engaged with every day … I felt I accomplished
something that would allow me to have a clear conscience.” Bradley Manning
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A man of exceptional courage and
principle
In a
statement he read in court on 28 February 2013, gay US Army
PFC Bradley Manning proudly admitted having leaked information to Wikileaks in
order to inform the public of US war crimes and government skulduggery that was
being kept from us.
He faces
charges up to life in prison. He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the
third time in a row. | ||||
*1 - 8 June: International Actions to Free Bradley
Manning
So far actions in
Canada, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Turkey, UK, USA,
Wales…
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Bradley Manning’s court-martial begins 3 June
The Bradley Manning Support
Network is calling for a week of actions across the US and around the world
from Saturday 1 June to 8 June.
On 23 February, an unprecedented groundswell of international
support for Bradley emerged when 70 communities in 19 countries took action.
Some actions
already planned:
Canada:
1 June, Rally at US Consulate in Toronto Germany: 31
May, Meeting at Clearing Barrel GI Café, Kaiserslautern. 1 June
Solidarity Rally in Berlin, Brandenburg
Gate. South Korea, 3-8 June Press conference and demonstration
at US Embassy in Seoul.
UK: 1 June, 2 pm Picket outside the US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London US: 1 June
Rally at Fort Meade, Maryland, where the court-martial will take place.
Join your nearest protest or organize a solidarity event in your
area, register it on the BMSN website, and let us know about it
so we can help publicise
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Other ways to support
Bradley
·
Write your local press why you support Bradley’s courageous
whistleblowing.
· Translate this message and/or send to your networks.
· Demand San Francisco Pride reinstate Bradley Manning as Grand
Marshal
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"Let us
follow the example of Bradley, let’s battle for peace, let’s battle against
wars, without fear of reprisals, let’s learn from Bradley to be truly
human."
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“This material [passed
to Wikileaks] has contributed to ending dictatorships in the Middle East, it has
exposed torture and wrongdoing in all the corners of the world”.
Julian
Assange Wikileaks founder, who remains in
the Ecuadorian embassy in London, protected from extradition to Sweden and to
the US
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