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Hypocrisy and horror: Bradley Manning, or how the US treats its citizens
The facts about Bradley Manning’s detention, detailed below, are shocking. Manning is being held in extreme situations that easily pass the threshold for psychological torture and cruel and degrading punishment, both unlawful under US law. Let’s remind ourselves as well … Continue reading
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Tagged Bradley Manning, detention, hypocrisy, inhumane treatment, naked, prison, torture, treatment
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Bradley Manning’s torture: this is how the US treats its own citizens
Bradley Manning is suspected by the government of having handed over a Lady Gaga CD that actually contained secret government documents to an unknown party that eventually forwarded it to Wikileaks. I repeat that he is only “suspected” of having … Continue reading
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Tagged Bradley Manning, detention, inhumane treatment, naked, prison
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