The New York Times had a more detailed article, but I couldn't copy it. It
showed how Manning's poor emotional state had been evident to superiors
before her leaks of documents to WikiLeaks, but medical treatment was not
offered. She has been repeatedly punished first, for the leaks and unstable
behavior, and then for unstable behavior by solitary confinement which makes
her mental condition worse.
Miriam
Excerpt: "Chelsea Manning attempted suicide for the second time in recent
months while in prison in Kansas for leaking classified information, two of
her attorneys said on Friday."
A supporter of Chelsea Manning in London in 2014. (photo: Gail
Orenstein/ZUMA Wire)
Chelsea Manning Made Second Suicide Attempt, Attorneys Say
By Associated Press
05 November 16
Manning 'tried to kill herself' last month at Fort Leavenworth prison
helsea Manning attempted suicide for the second time in recent months while
in prison in Kansas for leaking classified information, two of her attorneys
said on Friday.
Attorneys Vincent Ward and Chase Strangio declined to divulge details of
Manning's suicide attempt last month at a military prison at Fort
Leavenworth in Kansas. Wayne Hall, an army spokesman, said medical privacy
laws barred him from discussing the matter.
But Manning's attorneys cited her prison conditions - including the solitary
confinement that her legal team says she received as punishment for her July
suicide attempt - as contributing to their client's fragile mental state.
Strangio, in an email to the Associated Press, called Manning's treatment
since her 2010 arrest and subsequent time serving a 35-year sentence
"demoralizing and destabilizing assaults on her health and humanity".
"After her July suicide attempt, I watched her begin to piece her life and
spirit back together only to have that shattered by the disciplinary
proceedings brought against her and then the unannounced initiation of her
term of punishment last month," Strangio wrote. "She has repeatedly been
punished for trying to survive and now is being repeatedly punished for
trying to die."
Strangio added he worries about Manning's "ability to keep fighting under
these relentless abuses".
Manning, arrested in 2010 as Bradley Manning, was convicted in 2013 in
military court of leaking more than 700,000 secret military and state
department documents to WikiLeaks. Manning was an intelligence analyst in
Iraq at the time.
In 2014, the ACLU sued the US Department of Defense over its refusal to
treat Manning's gender dysphoria.
Manning staged a several-day hunger strike in September until the army
agreed to get her treatment for her gender dysphoria, including surgery
recommended in April by her psychologist, the ACLU said.
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A supporter of Chelsea Manning in London in 2014. (photo: Gail
Orenstein/ZUMA Wire)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/04/chelsea-manning-second-suici
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/nov/04/chelsea-manning-second-suicide-attempt-attorneys-prison-sentence
Chelsea Manning Made Second Suicide Attempt, Attorneys Say
By Associated Press
05 November 16
Manning 'tried to kill herself' last month at Fort Leavenworth prison
helsea Manning attempted suicide for the second time in recent months while
in prison in Kansas for leaking classified information, two of her attorneys
said on Friday.
Attorneys Vincent Ward and Chase Strangio declined to divulge details of
Manning's suicide attempt last month at a military prison at Fort
Leavenworth in Kansas. Wayne Hall, an army spokesman, said medical privacy
laws barred him from discussing the matter.
But Manning's attorneys cited her prison conditions - including the solitary
confinement that her legal team says she received as punishment for her July
suicide attempt - as contributing to their client's fragile mental state.
Strangio, in an email to the Associated Press, called Manning's treatment
since her 2010 arrest and subsequent time serving a 35-year sentence
"demoralizing and destabilizing assaults on her health and humanity".
"After her July suicide attempt, I watched her begin to piece her life and
spirit back together only to have that shattered by the disciplinary
proceedings brought against her and then the unannounced initiation of her
term of punishment last month," Strangio wrote. "She has repeatedly been
punished for trying to survive and now is being repeatedly punished for
trying to die."
Strangio added he worries about Manning's "ability to keep fighting under
these relentless abuses".
Manning, arrested in 2010 as Bradley Manning, was convicted in 2013 in
military court of leaking more than 700,000 secret military and state
department documents to WikiLeaks. Manning was an intelligence analyst in
Iraq at the time.
In 2014, the ACLU sued the US Department of Defense over its refusal to
treat Manning's gender dysphoria.
Manning staged a several-day hunger strike in September until the army
agreed to get her treatment for her gender dysphoria, including surgery
recommended in April by her psychologist, the ACLU said.
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