Chelsea Manning 'rushed to hospital after trying to take own life'

Jul 06, 2016 11:23

Chelsea Manning, the military whistleblower serving a 35 year sentence, has been rushed to hospital after reportedly trying to take her own life.

A US media report said that Manning, who us being held at in a cell at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, was taken to hospital early on Tuesday morning. CNN said that it was believed that the 28-year-old had ( Read more... )

*trigger warning: suicide, whistleblowing

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tabaqui July 6 2016, 16:06:48 UTC
Well, fuck. I hope she's okay. I *really* hope this triggers some kind of review or her sentence or treatment or something. Anything.

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tabaqui July 6 2016, 16:50:17 UTC
I wish the UN had more teeth. Maybe a US body of justice or govt. will do a review now, or the publicity will spark something. It's revolting that our govt. does this, and *has* done this, for decades.

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lovedforaday July 6 2016, 17:11:05 UTC
the un is not perfect but they'll never have teeth in the US with all these paranoid New World Order/Mark of the Beast Rapture idiots controlling state houses across the country.

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tabaqui July 6 2016, 17:16:11 UTC
This is so disgustingly true.

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fishphile July 6 2016, 17:50:58 UTC
Exactly.

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moonshaz July 6 2016, 18:30:28 UTC
True, this.

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lightframes July 6 2016, 18:48:49 UTC
Sad and true.

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