[antiwar-van] *TODAY!* MAWO Forum: "Free Chelsea Manning! Blowing the Whistle on War is Not a Crime!"

[Kira Koshelanyk]

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Public
Forum + Multimedia Event




Free
Chelsea Manning Campaign – Vancouver, Canada


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Blowing the Whistle on War is Not a Crime!
Free
Chelsea Manning – Soldier of Humanity!




Tuesday
August 11

7:00pm

Joe's Cafe

1150 Commercial Dr. @
William St,

Vancouver, BC 



"If you saw
incredible, awful things, things that belonged in the public domain,
not on some server in a dark room in Washington, what would you
do?"

- Chelsea Manning, heroic WikiLeaks whistleblower



For
the last five years Chelsea Manning has been behind bars in a U.S.
prison. Her crime? Being a U.S. soldier who blew the whistle on U.S.
war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even while facing a 35 year
sentence, she has continued to speak out against injustice and to
defend her actions. 





This
forum will include important updates on Chelsea's legal case, as well
as the overall international campaign demanding her freedom. Join us
to discuss why Chelsea Manning is a soldier of humanity, and how
peace and justice loving people in Vancouver and beyond can join in
this important campaign!




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Help Chelsea Manning's Defense Campaign! * *
Donations
collected at the event will go towards Chelsea Manning's Defense
Fund, which is currently in urgent need of $45,000 for her upcoming
appeal before the US Army Court of Criminal Appeals.




Speakers:
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Azza Rojbi - North African social justice activist and MAWO Executive
Committee member 

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Alison Bodine – MAWO Executive Committee member




Evening
will also feature poetry by Wala Zaidan, an Iraqi youth activist and
poet 





Join
the event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/711477938956500/

See
the poster:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/150800-CHELSEA-MANNING-FORUM.pdf





WHO
IS PRIVATE CHELSEA MANNING?



Private Chelsea Manning
(formerly Bradley Manning) is the 27 year old United States soldier
accused of leaking over 260,000 classified US diplomatic cables, as
well as videos and documents which have become known as the Afghan
war Diary and the Iraq War Logs. Published on the whistleblower site
Wikileaks, they further exposed US war crimes around the world
including mass killings, torture, corruption, and the government’s
web of lies and attempted cover-up of United States atrocities.



For
telling the truth and acting upon her conscience, Private Manning was
arrested and has now been in military prison for over five years.
Manning was also held in solitary confinement for the first 10 months
of incarceration. During this time she was denied meaningful
exercise, social interaction, sunlight, and has occasionally been
kept completely naked. These conditions were unique to Manning and
are illegal even under US military law as they amount to extreme
pre-trial punishment.



On August 21, 2013 military judge
Colonel Denise sentenced Private Manning to 35 years in prison. This
case sets a dangerous precedent undermining the first amendment right
of freedom of speech, opening whistle-blowers and those who help them
to extreme persecution.





Public
outcry to free Private Manning has been widespread all around the
world. Besides the public actions and protests for Private Manning,
she has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. 





Text
modified from Chelsea Manning Support Network Website:
www.chelseamanning.org



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