In 2016

Free CHELSEA MANNING!

Supporters around the world celebrate her birthday and support whistleblowers!

 

Trans woman whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s supporters from LGBTQ, women’s, anti-war, anti-racist, anti-zionist, whistleblowers’ and other movements for change celebrated her 28th birthday at 16 locations in seven countries (that we know of), calling for her release.

Chelsea Manning is the US soldier who exposed the truth about US, UK and other governments’ war crimes and corruption in Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq, Israel & the Palestinian Authority, Peru, Venezuela . . .  She was sentenced in August 2013 to 35 years’ imprisonment.  If the sentence stands, she won’t be out until 2045.  We cannot allow this; we have to get her out.

The actions were also in support of Julian Assange, Eileen Chubb, Edward Snowden, the Dallas 6, the Drones Whistleblowers, in fact of all whistleblowers who are persecuted for telling the truth about murder and war crimes, rape, torture, neglect, underfunding, starvation wages, corruption . . .  in the military, prison, detention centres, police, hospitals, care homes, and every institution.

Chelsea wrote this moving piece for the Guardian newspaper on Christmas Eve: "In prison, the holiday season is grim – but I won’t lose hope"

This year Chelsea will have her appeal. It's also president Obama's last year in office when he has the opportunity to grant Chelsea pardon. In 2016, LET'S FREE Chelsea Manning!

Photos of actions 12-19 December 2015

Berlin, Boston, Brisbane, Bucharest, Crescent, Detroit, Dublin, Frankfurt and Mainz, London, Oakland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rome, Vancouver, Wales

BERLIN - 12 December.  See here for more, Free Chelsea Manning.net Berlin

BOSTON  - BOSTON COMMON,  19 December, Veterans for Peace

BRISBANE - KING GEORGE SQUARE, 17 December, Wise Up Wales

BUCHAREST - PIATA UNIVERSITATII, more here. 17 December

CRESCENT (OKLAHOMA) – CHELSEA’S HOMETOWN, 17 December, Amnesty OKC

 

DETROIT – 17 December

DUBLIN – GENERAL POST OFFICE, 17 December, AFRI (video) & (Irish Times)

FRANKFURT & MAINZ, 10 & 11 December, Singing for Chelsea, DFG-VK

LONDON – TRAFALGAR SQUARE, 17 December.

Queer Strike, Payday, Assange Vigil, London Catholic Worker

OAKLAND – OMNI COMMONS, 17 DECEMBER, Queer Strike

PHILADELPHIA, CROSSWORDS WOMEN’S CENTRE, 19 December,

 Payday & Global Women’s Strike

(Not on photo, in PITTSBURGH – Happy Birthday Chelsea card signing, 17 December)

 

ROME – CAFFÈ DELLA PACE, 17 December, US Citizens for Peace and Justice

VANCOUVER - US CONSULATE 17 December, & DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER 19 December,
Mobilization Against War and Occupation (
MAWO)

Wales,  WISE UP WALES - 17 December

Queer Strike
UK: +44 (0) 20 7482 2496
 US: 001 415-626 4114

Payday   www.refusingtokill.net

UK: +44 (0)20 7267 8698
US: 001 215 848 1120