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WikiLeaks suspect treated like ‘zoo animal’: lawyer

In his final plea to have charges dropped against WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, a defense lawyer Tuesday compared his harsh detention conditions to those of a “zoo animal.” Manning’s solitary confinement — under 24-hour watch, forced to sleep naked in a tiny cell for all but 20 minutes a day…

Bradley Manning in solitary for own protection, says brig commander

WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning was placed in solitary confinement in a military prison to protect him from possible attacks from “patriotic” inmates, the Marine brig commander said Thursday. James Averhart, in charge of the brig at the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia, where Manning was held for nine months, said…

WikiLeaks suspect’s lawyer: Manning’s treatment ‘blemish’ on nation’s history

David Coombs criticises the WikiLeaks suspect’s detention at Quantico military prison in rare speech outside courtroom David Coombs, the civilian lawyer representing Bradley Manning at his court martial for supplying WikiLeaks with a trove of US state secrets, has described the soldier’s treatment in solitary confinement at Quantico marine base…

WikiLeaks suspect’s gender struggle under spotlight

The US military held WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning under strict “suicide watch” partly because his gender identity struggle showed he was mentally “not stable,” a witness said. Manning, a former army intelligence analyst in Iraq, is accused of the biggest intelligence leak in American history for allegedly passing a massive…

Former guards of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning deny abuse

Two of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning’s former prison guards have denied abusing him in custody, and described an incident where the US Army private suddenly burst into tears. Manning, 24, is accused of providing Internet site WikiLeaks with hundreds of thousands of US diplomatic cables and classified war logs from…

Bradley Manning: how keeping himself sane was taken as proof of madness

WikiLeaks suspect’s attempts to exercise and stay occupied in bare cell only perpetuated harsh anti-suicide measures Shortly before Bradley Manning was arrested in Iraq under suspicion of being the source of the vast transfer of US state secrets to WikiLeaks, he is alleged to have entered into a web chat…

Manning testifies for first time in WikiLeaks case

The US Army private accused of passing a trove of secret government documents to WikiLeaks testified Thursday for the first time at a pre-trial hearing before a military judge. Bradley Manning, 24, looked nervous and his voice trembled slightly as he began to answer questions about his detention in a…

‘WikiLeaker’ Manning testifies on his detention treatment

WikiLeaks suspect kept on extreme suicide-prevention measures because of ‘erratic dancing and playing peek-a-boo’ Military commanders at the marine base in Quantico in Virginia kept Bradley Manning, the WikiLeaks suspect, on extreme suicide-prevention measures because he engaged in “erratic dancing” and played peek-a-boo, the soldier’s court martial has been told.…

WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning may speak at pre-trial hearing

FORT MEADE, Maryland — A US Army private accused of passing a cache of confidential government documents to the secret-spilling WikiLeaks website is expected to testify during a new round of pre-trial hearings that began Tuesday. Bradley Manning, 24, could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted…

Manning enters partial guilty plea in WikiLeaks case

Defence lawyer tells hearing soldier wants to offer guilty plea for some offences in US government’s case against him Bradley Manning, the US soldier who is facing life in prison for allegedly having leaked hundreds of thousands of state secrets to WikiLeaks, has indicated publicly for the first time that he…