“Bradley Manning has been stripped naked every night and made to parade in front of his officers and guards in the nude” for the past nine days, according to The Guardian, which has just published Manning’s own description of his treatment. It is the first time Manning has spoken out about the details of his solitary confinement in the brig at the Quantico Marine Base in Virginia.
Amnesty International, which has denounced his treatment, is calling for protests.
Manning’s statement, “in an 11-page legal letter released by his lawyer,” according to The Guardian, describes how he has been “left to languish under the unduly harsh conditions of max [security] custody” ever since he was brought from Kuwait to the military brig eight months ago … how he was put on suicide watch in January, how he is currently being stripped naked every night, and how he is in general terms being subjected to what he calls “unlawful pre-trial punishment.”
April 2 — Manning has been transferred to a medium-security military prison in Kansas. Greenwald on why.
