[Anarchafeminists] [Fwd: Defend Bradley Manning - International Actions]

Fri Mar 18 18:23:44 UTC 2011

International Days of Action – 19-20 March

DEFEND BRADLEY MANNING

DEMONSTRATION AT THE US EMBASSY,
Grosvenor Square, London W1
(Marble Arch or Bond Street Tube)
SUNDAY 20 MARCH, 2-6pm

organised by: UK Friends of Bradley Manning (
http://ukfriendsofbradleymanning.wordpress.com )

Payday men’s network and Lesbian, Bi, Trans, Queer Women in the
Global Women’s Strike will attend the demonstration – hope you can
come.

Bradley Manning is a young, openly gay US Army intelligence analyst,
accused of leaking video and documents to WikiLeaks.  He has not yet
been put on trial and therefore must be presumed innocent, but since
May 2010 he has been jailed, put in solitary confinement and subjected
to terrible abuse (see the  Bradley Manning Support Network’s press
release below). 

Asked about Bradley Manning’s harsh treatment in US military
custody, US state department spokesman P.J. Crowley commented that it
was "stupid" and"counterproductive" – he was subsequently forced to
resign. 

The US government intends to make an example of Bradley Manning and is
trying to wipe out a long tradition of whistleblowers – women and
men who have exposed the crimes and wrongdoings of governments or
those in authority. Bradley Manning’s courageous stand in releasing
this information encourages and strengthens our movements against war
and for justice.

We endorse the demonstration organized by  UK Friends of Bradley
Manning and we urge especially anti-war and lesbian & gay
organizations, and all who campaign for justice to recognize his
contribution and campaign internationally for an end to his
persecution.

Payday men’s network working with the Global Women’s Strike

payday at paydaynet.org    London:  +44 207 209 4751
   Philadelphia: +1 215 848 1120 www.refusingtokill.net

 REFUSING TO KILL IS NOT A CRIME!
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Press release from the Bradley Manning Support Network:

MEDIA ADVISORY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Jeff Paterson

press[at] bradleymanning [dot] org,  +1-202-640-4388

Global Bradley Manning Action Days in Support of Accused WikiLeaks
Whistleblower

Individuals and activists plan events around the world to show
support for the accused WikiLeaks whistleblower on March 19-20.

Washington DC, March 14, 2011 — On March 19-20, 2011, activist
organizations and individuals will take to the streets to protest the
U.S. government’s treatment of accused WikiLeaks whistleblower Army
Private First Class Bradley Manning. Manning, 23, has been held in
isolation for nearly 300 days, charged with releasing classified
documents, including a video that shows American troops shooting and
killing 11 people, including two Reuters employees, in 2007.

Organizers are calling on supporters around the world to take public
action to protest Manning’s  inhumane treatment at the Quantico
brig, which P.J. Crowley, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s former
assistant for public affairs, declaimed last week as "ridiculous and
counterproductive and stupid."

The primary rally will take place outside the brig in Quantico where
Manning is being held. In addition to the Quantico rally, the Bradley
Manning Support Network is pleased to announce events in cities around
the world, including Minneapolis, London, Montreal, The Hague,
Phoenix, San Diego, and Vienna

“On March 2nd, Manning was stripped of his clothing and forced to
spend the night naked, then stand for inspection the next morning
without his clothes. This happened again the following night, and we
don’t know how long this will keep going,” said Jeff Paterson,
steering committee member of the Bradley Manning Support Network and
project director of Courage to Resist. “This pre-trial punishment is
inhumane.”

Despite the recommendations of three forensic military psychiatrists,
the MCB Quantico Commander refuses to lift PFC Manning's Prevention of
Injury (POI) status and change his confinement classification from MAX
to Medium Custody In (MDI).

Manning’s imprisonment has resulted in an international outcry, and
his conditions are the subject of an investigation by the UN special
rapporteur on torture and a recent campaign by Amnesty International.
Famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who will be
speaking at a rally in Quantico on the 20th, has called Mr. Manning
“a new hero of mine.”

More Information:

•        See currently scheduled list of events:
http://www.bradleymanning.org/events (
http://www.bradleymanning.org/events )

•        Details about the Quantico rally:
http://www.bradleymanning.org/16125/rally-for-bradley-quanitco-virginia-sun-march-20/

•        Details are also cross-posted at WLCentral
http://wlcentral.org/node/1461 ( http://wlcentral.org/node/1461 ) 

•        Learn how to host a rally for Bradley Manning:
http://www.bradleymanning.org/16362/how-to-have-an-event-for-bradley-manning/ 

The Bradley Manning Support Network is a grassroots, nonpartisan
organization which works to:

•        Stop the extreme, inhumane and illegal pre-trial
punishment of Bradley Manning

•        Ensure that Bradley Manning receives top-notch legal
representation from the lawyer of his choice

•       Stop any effort by the United States government to
hold a secret court martial trial, unchecked by public and media
oversight

•        Free Bradley Manning!

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