Chelsea Manning sentenced to solitary confinement for suicide attempt

Date:

9/23/2016

Time:

11:42:17

Source:

BBC News

Content:

A military prison disciplinary board has sentenced US whistleblower Chelsea Manning to fourteen days in solitary confinement, her lawyer has said. She will spend seven days in solitary confinement for charges relating to her attempt to kill herself in July. She ended a hunger strike last week, after the military agreed to provide her with gender dysmorphia treatment. The army private, born as Bradley Manning, is serving a 35-year sentence for espionage. Last July, the former intelligence officer attempted to take her own life, after what lawyers said was the Armys refusal to provide appropriate health care. She was found guilty on Thursday by prison officials in Leavenworth, Kansas, of "Conduct Which Threatens" for her suicide attempt. She also was convicted of having "prohibited property" - the book "Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy," by Gabriella Coleman. The secret life of a transgender airman Profile: Private First Class Manning "My punishment is 14 days in solitary confinement. 7 of those days are suspended. If I get in trouble in the next six months, those seven days will come back," Manning wrote in a statement released by her supporters. "I am feeling hurt. I am feeling lonely. I am embarrassed by the decision. I dont know how to explain it," she added. Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013, after being found guilty of espionage for her role in leaking diplomatic cables and battlefield reports to Wikileaks, the hacking group. The leak of more than 700,000 documents and videos was one of the largest breaches of classified material in American history.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37453681

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