Yang mengelisahkan adalah bahwa tidak banyak orang Amerika atau ONG yang
memperjuangkan hak-hak azasi manusia, yang memprotes perlakuan biadab terhadap
Bradley Manning ini...
Beda Amerika dan negeri otoriter lainnya tidak terlalu banyak lagi..
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WikiLeaks suspect forced to sleep naked in brig
AP
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* Bradley Manning Photo:Bradley Manning AP
By DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press David Dishneau, Associated Press 45 mins
ago
WASHINGTON The Army private suspected of giving classified U.S. documents to
the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks was forced to sleep naked in a military jail
at least once this week, the Marine Corps acknowledged Friday after the
soldier's lawyer complained.
Commanders of the brig in Quantico, Va., ordered all of Pfc. Bradley Manning's
clothing, including his boxer shorts, taken from him Wednesday night under
provisions of the Navy Corrections Manual, which governs prisoner treatment,
said 1st Lt. Brian Villiard, a spokesman for the Marine Corps base.
"It was a situationally driven event but to go into detail about it would be
inappropriate because it would violate the detainee's privacy," Villiard said.
Col. Thomas V. Johnson, another Quantico spokesman, said the treatment was not
punitive.
Manning, a former intelligence analyst, is charged with aiding the enemy and 33
other offenses for allegedly stealing computer files of more than 250,000
confidential State Department cables, classified video of a deadly U.S.
helicopter attack and a raft of Iraq and Afghanistan war logs. The video and
thousands of the documents have been published on the WikiLeaks website.
He was arrested in May and brought to Quantico July 29 from a detention
facility in Kuwait.
The Navy Corrections Manual permits clothing removal for prisoners who have
threatened suicide or made a suicidal gesture, or for strip searches involving
suspicion of a crime. Villiard said Manning hadn't been placed on suicide watch.
The 23-year-old Crescent, Okla., native remains in maximum custody and on
prevention-of-injury status designations that keep him confined alone 23
hours a day, and require removal of all clothing except his boxer shorts at
night.
Civilian defense attorney David Coombs wrote on his blog Thursday night that
Manning had been inexplicably stripped of his clothing for seven hours
Wednesday night.
"This type of degrading treatment is inexcusable and without justification. It
is an embarrassment to our military justice system and should not be
tolerated," Coombs wrote.
In January, after Manning was placed on suicide watch for two days, Coombs
filed a complaint with the base commander alleging the brig commander broke
military rules and ignored the brig's own psychiatrist's recommendation
regarding Manning's mental state. Coombs contends the confinement conditions
are punitive.
The United Nations torture investigator is pursuing an inquiry into Manning's
confinement, based on allegations by a Manning supporter.
Manning's friend and frequent visitor David House, of Cambridge, Mass., said in
a teleconference with reporters Wednesday that Manning's mental state has
deteriorated during his more than eight months at Quantico.
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