Bradley Manning

Bradley Manning, a 23-year-old Army intelligence analyst, is accused of leaking a video showing the killing of civilians, including two Reuters journalists, by a US Apache helicopter crew in Iraq. He is also charged with sharing the documents known as the Afghan War Diary, the Iraq War Logs, and embarrassing US diplomatic cables, with the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The video and documents have illuminated such issues as the true number and cause of civilian casualties in Iraq, human rights abuses by U.S.-funded contractors and foreign militaries, and the role that spying and bribes play in international diplomacy.

Although Bradley has not yet been tried, he has been held in solitary confinement since May 2010. He has been denied meaningful exercise, social interaction, sunlight, and has occasionally been kept completely naked. These conditions are unique to Bradley and are illegal even under US military law as they amount to extreme pre-trial punishment.

One suggestion for spreading the word about Bradley Manning is having film screenings on campus or in the community of The Most Dangerous Man in America and/or a documentary or news special on Wikileaks/Assange/Manning.

http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2010-2011/wikirebels/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuQML1dSfT0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ix36P3buso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXI0qk8YUew
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?Itemid=74&id=31&jumival=6124&option=com_content&task=view
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/iraq-secret-war-files-wikileaks-special/

There are also various resources available on the Bradley Manning Support Network. For instance, http://www.bradleymanning.org/resources/organizing-kit