Chelsea Manning

Executive Summary: Chelsea Manning’s “Grumbles” Motion

August 28, 2019 Kelly Wright, Aaronswartzday.org Resist! Chelsea Manning, Repression, Whistleblowers

This brief digs into the distinction between a punitive sanction and one that is merely “coercive.” A person who is held in civil contempt may be confined (incarcerated) in order to coerce their compliance with the court’s order to testify before the grand jury, but they may not be “punished.” If there is no coercive effect to their confinement, either because the grand jury has ended, or because there is no possible way they will be convinced to comply with the order to testify, then the confinement must be deemed punitive, and must end.

Judge Denies Chelsea Manning A Hearing, Insists Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Fines Are Not Punishment

August 8, 2019 Kevin Gosztola, Shadowproof.com Resist! Chelsea Manning, Courts, Repression

A federal judge denied Chelsea Manning’s motion to reconsider fines imposed against her for refusing to testify before the grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. He also undermined due process and refused to hold a hearing. “Manning has the ability to comply with the court’s financial sanctions or will have the ability after her release from confinement,” Judge Anthony Trenga ruled. “Therefore, the imposed fines of $500 per day after 30 days and $1,000 per day after 60 days is not so excessive as to relieve her of those sanctions or to constitute punishment rather than a coercive measure.”

The Vindictive Campaign Against Chelsea Manning, A US Political Prisoner

July 21, 2019 By Niles Niemuth, WSWS Educate! Chelsea Manning, Grand Jury Abuse, Julian Assange, Wikileaks

Whistleblower and political prisoner Chelsea Manning has now been confined to a federal detention center in Alexandria, Virginia for more than four months and is being subjected to punitive fines which could ruin her fin Manning is not being punished for any crime, nor has she been charged with a crime. Rather, she is being held in contempt of court for refusing—on principle and courageously—to testify before a star chamber grand jury impaneled to railroad journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange into a US prison, or worse.

Chelsea Manning’s Resistance Is Aimed At Abolishing The Grand Jury Once And For All

June 4, 2019 Kevin Gosztola, Medium.com Resist! Chelsea Manning, Grand Jury, Repression, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks

When Judge Anthony Trenga ordered Chelsea Manning back to jail for refusing to testify before the grand jury investigating WikiLeaks, he urged her to “reflect on the principles she says she’s embracing” as well as “whether those views are worth the price she’s paying for them.” Trenga maintained there was “no dishonor” in cooperating with a grand jury because the United States Constitution codified the grand jury. Manning took Trenga’s admonishment seriously and responded with a letter containing research she did with the help of her attorneys.

Protests In London And Edinburgh Demand Freedom For Assange And Manning

June 4, 2019 Staff, Wsws.org Resist! Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, London, Protests, Scotland

Campaigners demanding the release from prison of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and whistleblower Chelsea Manning demonstrated on Saturday in London and Edinburgh, Scotland. Socialist Equality Party stalls were also set up in Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds to promote upcoming public meetings in those cities. Members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) attended the protest in Trafalgar Square in London. The protest was called on social media and was endorsed by the Julian Assange Defence Committee (JADC).

Chelsea Manning’s Legal Team Files Motion To Reconsider Sanctions

June 1, 2019 Staff, Sparrowmedia.net Educate! Chelsea Manning, political prisoners, Repression, Whistleblowers

Alexandria, VA — Today, Chelsea Manning and her legal team filed a Motion to Reconsider Sanctions, in which they ask Judge Anthony Trenga to release Chelsea from confinement, and ask that he modify the fines he imposed on her. During the May 16th contempt hearing, Judge Trenga found Ms. Manning in contempt of court and ordered her confined for the term of the grand jury. Judge Trenga also imposed graduated fines to be assessed at $500 per day starting after 30 days of confinement, and jumping to $1,000 per day after 60 days, for as long as she refuses to comply with the court’s order to answer questions before the grand jury.

Assange Indicted On 17 Espionage Charges

May 23, 2019 Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance Educate! Chelsea Manning, Freedom of the Press, Julian Assange, Wikileaks

For the first time in history, a publisher and editor has been charged under the Espionage Act. The prosecution of Julian Assange is an attack on Freedom of the Press that will make it less likely that the media will critically cover actions of the government especially when it comes to military and intelligence activities. This indictment is a blow to our right to know and undermines Constitutional guarantees. The superseding indictment announced today against Assange includes 17 additional charges under the Espionage Act involving the unlawful obtaining and disclosure of national defense information.

Chelsea Manning Returns To Jail In ‘Unprecedented’ Ruling

May 19, 2019 By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Resist! Chelsea Manning, Grand Jury Abuse, Julian Assange

In a move press freedom advocates and progressive critics decried as an “outrageous” and “unprecedented” escalation of a prolonged government harassment campaign, a federal judge on Thursday ordered U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning back to jail for refusing to testify before a secretive grand jury and imposed a $500 fine for every day she is in custody after 30 days. If Manning refuses to comply with the grand jury subpoena after 60 days, the fine will increase to $1,000 per day. During a court hearing on Thursday, Manning told Judge Anthony Trenga that she has no intention of giving in to government pressure.

Statement from Chelsea Manning’s Lawyers Regarding Chelsea Being Remanded Into Custody

May 18, 2019 Staff, Sparrow Media Resist! Chelsea Manning

Alexandria, VA — Today, Chelsea Manning was remanded into federal custody, again, for refusing to testify before a federal Grand Jury.

WikiLeaks Source Manning Could Be Jailed Again Soon If She Disobeys U.S. Grand Jury

May 14, 2019 Mark Hosenball, Reuters.com Resist! Chelsea Manning, Repression, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. Army intelligence analyst and source for online publisher WikiLeaks, could be jailed again if she refuses to comply with a new grand jury subpoena, said a U.S. law enforcement source, as well as Manning herself. After 62 days in prison, Manning was released last Thursday. She had been locked up for refusing to comply with a grand jury subpoena for testimony in an investigation into WikiLeaks by U.S. prosecutors in Alexandria, Virginia. Federal prosecutors are believed to be focused on WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange...

Chelsea Manning Issues Dire Warning About Assange’s Arrest

May 13, 2019 Jake Johnson, Truthdig.com Resist! Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, Repression, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks

Facing the possibility of being imprisoned yet again in the coming days for refusing to testify before a secretive grand jury, U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning on Sunday warned of the grave threat the Trump administration poses to press freedoms. “I think that ultimately what they really want is, they want to go after journalists,” Manning said during an interview on CNN when asked whether the Trump administration’s effort to extradite WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange to the U.S. is a danger to the free press.

Chelsea Manning Released, Faces New Imprisonment For Refusing To Testify Against Assange

May 10, 2019 By Niles Niemuth, Wsws.org Resist! Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, Repression, Whistleblowers

After 62 days locked away in a jail cell in Virginia, whistleblower Chelsea Manning was released from detention on Thursday morning. Even before she got out of jail, however, the courageous whistleblower was served with a new subpoena to demand her testimony before another grand jury on May 17. Thus, she could be returned to jail as early as next week. Manning had been jailed for refusing to testify against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange before a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia, whose term expired yesterday.

After Nearly Two Months In Jail, Chelsea Manning Submits Powerful Appeal For Release

May 8, 2019 Niles Niemuth, Wsws.org Resist! Chelsea Manning, political prisoners

Whistleblower and political prisoner Chelsea Manning submitted an appeal Monday to the federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia asking for her release from jail. Manning has been held in the Alexandria City Jail since March 8. She was detained for contempt of court after she refused to testify before a grand jury impaneled to bring frame-up charges against WikiLeaks publisher and journalist Julian Assange. “She is convinced that to cooperate with this grand jury would be a betrayal of her beliefs about the grand jury process, and this grand jury process in particular,” Manning’s attorneys told the court in a written statement on Monday.

Politicians Celebrate “World Press Freedom Day” As Julian Assange Languishes In Prison

May 4, 2019 By David Walsh, WSWS.org Resist! Chelsea Manning, First Amendment, Julian Assange, Media

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day, sponsored annually by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). UNESCO holds the event, it avows, to celebrate “the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.” Those claims are hollow and duplicitous, as the nge remains locked up in a high-security prison in London and faces the threat of rendition to the US. Why?

Chelsea Manning’s Appeal Rejected By 4th Circuit Court Of Appeals

April 23, 2019 Staff, Angelof-truth.com Resist! Chelsea Manning, Courts, Julian Assange

Chelsea Manning is well known for the Collateral Murder video published by Wikileaks seen here. She also disclosed thousands of diplomatic cables through Wikileaks. She spent 7 years in prison after being convicted under the ancient espionage act. Her sentence was commuted by Barrack Obama in 2017. The question being raised is if the only charge against Assange has been revealed, why is Manning still in jail? Assange was arrested 11 days ago in the Ecuadorian embassy in London after the ambassador opened the doors and let police in. Immediately after Assange’s arrest, the US issued an extradition warrant.

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