Prisoner Support Cafe for Bradley Manning
Event date: February 05, 2011 12:00
Published by group:
Bradford Prisoner Support Group
Tagged as: anti-militarism repression wikileaks
Cafe and Library Space, Top Floor, 1in12 Club, Albion Street, Bradford City Centre, West Yorkshire, BD1 2LY
Places: 1in12 bradford west_yorkshire
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We'll be having our usual tasty and cheap treats on sale in the cafe from 12noon until 4pm. It is highly likely that the ever-popular chocolate coconut slice will make an appearance. But don't go having beans on toast at home, there'll be savoury snacks and meals too. Yum!
We'll be raising funds and awareness for Bradley Manning. He has been charged with "unauthorized disclosure of classified information" while serving in the US army. He's the guy who apparently leaked the 'Collateral Murder' video which you can see here.
He has a pre-trial hearing coming up in May to decide whether he should be court martialed or not. He's potentially looking at a prison sentence of up to 52 years.
Bradley has been treated appalingly while being held in custody by the American Government. Amnesty International have made complaints about how he 'has been held in a solitary cell for 23 hours a day and deprived of a pillow, sheets, and personal possessions since July 2010. He has been classified as a "maximum custody" detainee, which requires him to be shackled at the hands and legs during all visits, despite having no history of violence.' [1]
You can see the Bradley Manning Support Network website here too and latest on his teatment here.
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Poster for this event - feel free to print/distribute
Additions
clarification
Published: February 03, 2011 22:06
by
the cook
That quote is from Amnesty International (as Cited and Referenced) and is their opinion. It is included to illustrate that an international human rights organisation has taken interest in Bradley's case. I felt that to remove some of their words would take this quote out of context, which I feel would be unfair.
What I find interesting about what they say is that Bradley is clearly being 'made an example of' through the extreme treatment he is being given because of the political context.
I don't think I have a liberal agenda behind organising this event, but if you'd like to chat about it on the day I'd be happy to talk with you (and anyone else who would like to!)
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not sure
"despite having no history of violence."
So if he did have a history of violence, would it be OK to chain him up?
What is the liberal agenda behind this seemingly well-meaning event?