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Chelsea Manning emerges from solitary confinement after suicide attempt
Source: The Guardian
Chelsea Manning emerges from solitary confinement after suicide attempt
Ed Pilkington in New York
Wednesday 12 October 2016 18.49 BST
Chelsea Manning has emerged from seven days of solitary confinement as punishment for having tried to take her own life during a spell of despair related to her treatment as a transgender woman at the hands of her military jailers.
The army private, who is serving 35 years in the harshest sentence meted out to any source of an official government leak in modern history, announced her return to the general population of the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in a tweet.
Manning’s re-emergence puts to an end several days of jitters among her supporters who were alarmed by the sudden lack of communication with the prisoner. That prompted one of her most prominent supporters, Michael Stipe of REM, to put out a video statement on Facebook asking “Where is Chelsea Manning?”
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Ed Pilkington in New York
Wednesday 12 October 2016 18.49 BST
Chelsea Manning has emerged from seven days of solitary confinement as punishment for having tried to take her own life during a spell of despair related to her treatment as a transgender woman at the hands of her military jailers.
The army private, who is serving 35 years in the harshest sentence meted out to any source of an official government leak in modern history, announced her return to the general population of the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in a tweet.
Chelsea Manning ✔ @xychelsea
I'm back. I'm OK. I'm resting and trying to get back in the groove of things. #solitaryconfinement
8:43 AM - 12 Oct 2016
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I'm back. I'm OK. I'm resting and trying to get back in the groove of things. #solitaryconfinement
8:43 AM - 12 Oct 2016
1,047 1,047 Retweets 2,592 2,592 likes
Manning’s re-emergence puts to an end several days of jitters among her supporters who were alarmed by the sudden lack of communication with the prisoner. That prompted one of her most prominent supporters, Michael Stipe of REM, to put out a video statement on Facebook asking “Where is Chelsea Manning?”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/12/chelsea-manning-solitary-confinement-suicide-attempt-military