John,
Breaking news: a top United Nations official just condemned the continuing imprisonment of Chelsea Manning as torture and called for her immediate release. 1
Sign the petition to the judge to free whistleblower Chelsea Manning
This is a major development. The UN’s special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment issued a scathing letter to the US government making it clear that incarcerating Chelsea Manning is a violation of international human rights laws.
The letter calls the government’s treatment of Chelsea an “open-ended, progressively severe coercive measure amounting to torture ...[that] should be discontinued & abolished without delay,” and it warns that “victims of prolonged coercive confinement have demonstrated post-traumatic symptoms and other severe and persistent mental and physical health consequences.”
Chelsea Manning is being tortured. Right now. While you’re reading this. We can’t let this continue. The good news is that a letter like this from a high profile United Nations official could be game changing. But we need to put pressure on the judge right now.
Sign the petition: tell the government to stop torturing Chelsea Manning and set her free.
Please forward this widely and tell everyone you know to sign the petition to the judge. It really does make a difference, and we’re keeping Chelsea updated on the signature count, which helps lift her spirits.
For freedom,
Evan at Fight for the Future
P.S. Whistleblowers stick together. Edward Snowden tweeted out our petition for Chelsea. If you’re on Twitter, please retweet and amplify!
Footnotes:
1. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/31/chelsea-manning-us-torture-un-official-wikileaks
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