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In 2016 Free CHELSEA MANNING! Supporters
around the world celebrate her birthday and support whistleblowers! |
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Trans woman
whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s supporters from LGBTQ, women’s, anti-war, anti-racist,
anti-zionist, whistleblowers’ and other movements for change celebrated her
28th birthday at 16
locations in seven countries (that we know of), calling for her release. Chelsea Manning is the US
soldier who exposed the truth about US, UK and
other governments’ war
crimes and corruption in Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq, Israel
& the Palestinian Authority, Peru, Venezuela . .
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sentenced in August 2013 to 35 years’ imprisonment. If the
sentence stands, she won’t be out until 2045. We cannot allow this; we
have to get her out. The actions were also
in support of Julian Assange, Eileen Chubb, Edward Snowden, the Dallas 6, the Drones Whistleblowers, in fact of all whistleblowers who are
persecuted for telling the truth about murder and war crimes, rape, torture, neglect, underfunding, starvation
wages, corruption . . . in the
military, prison, detention centres, police, hospitals, care homes, and every
institution. Chelsea wrote
this moving piece for the Guardian newspaper on Christmas Eve: "In prison, the holiday season is grim – but I
won’t lose hope" This year
Chelsea will have her appeal. It's also president Obama's last year in office
when he has the opportunity to grant Chelsea pardon. In 2016, LET'S FREE
Chelsea Manning! |
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Photos of actions 12-19
December 2015 Berlin, Boston, Brisbane, Bucharest, Crescent, Detroit, Dublin, Frankfurt
and Mainz, London, Oakland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rome, Vancouver, Wales |
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BERLIN - 12 December.
See here for
more, Free Chelsea Manning.net Berlin
BOSTON - BOSTON COMMON, 19 December, Veterans for Peace
BRISBANE - KING GEORGE SQUARE, 17 December, Wise Up
Wales
BUCHAREST - PIATA UNIVERSITATII, more here. 17 December
CRESCENT (OKLAHOMA) – CHELSEA’S HOMETOWN, 17
December, Amnesty OKC
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DETROIT – 17 December
DUBLIN – GENERAL POST OFFICE, 17 December, AFRI (video) &
(Irish Times)
FRANKFURT & MAINZ, 10 & 11 December, Singing for Chelsea, DFG-VK
LONDON – TRAFALGAR SQUARE, 17 December. Queer Strike, Payday,
Assange Vigil, London Catholic
Worker
OAKLAND – OMNI COMMONS, 17 DECEMBER, Queer Strike
PHILADELPHIA, CROSSWORDS WOMEN’S CENTRE, 19 December, Payday & Global
Women’s Strike (Not on photo, in PITTSBURGH – Happy Birthday Chelsea card signing, 17
December)
ROME – CAFFÈ DELLA PACE, 17 December, US Citizens for
Peace and Justice
VANCOUVER - US CONSULATE 17 December, & DOWNTOWN
VANCOUVER 19 December,
Wales, WISE UP WALES - 17
December |
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Queer Strike |
UK: +44 (0)20 7267 8698 |
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