USA: One year after her conviction Chelsea Manning must be released

Headline Title: USA: One year after her conviction Chelsea Manning must be released 30 July 2014 Exactly one year after Chelsea Manning was convicted of leaking classified government material, Amnesty International is renewing its call on the US authorities to grant her clemency, release her immediately, and to urgently investigate the potential human rights violations exposed by the leaks.Chelsea Manning has spent the last year as a convicted criminal after exposing information which included evidence of potential human rights violations and breaches of international law. By disseminating…

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