United States - Manning case: obstacle to news coverage

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the shutdown of public access to important legal documents in the court-martial of Bradley Manning, the Army private who is accused of leaking government secrets. The free press organization is responding to a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, which rejected media organizations' demand for access to legal filings and decisions from the pre-trial phase of the case. The court, in an April 17 decision, said it did not have (...)

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