Chelsea Manning Breaks Silence From Prison: I’m Not a Pacifist

Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Bradley Manning, broke her silence from prison, issuing a public statement in which she denied being “a pacifist.”

Manning’s statement, published Wednesday, addresses the 2013 Sean MacBride Peace Award, which the International Peace Bureau awarded the WikiLeaks source last month. The award was accepted on her behalf by prominent pacifist and retired U.S. army colonel Ann Wright

But in her statement, which was shared with The Guardian, Manning claims she did not know about the award until she started receiving letters mentioning it, and disagrees with the way Wright portrayed her when accepting the award Read more…

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