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Officials confirm Chelsea Manning has been hospitalized, lawyer says
Source: The Guardian
Officials confirm Chelsea Manning has been hospitalized, lawyer says
Notification comes after all contact with Manning’s attorneys
and outside contacts stopped for at least 36 hours amid rumors
of a health crisis
Molly Redden in New York
Friday 8 July 2016 17.58 BST
Lawyers for Chelsea Manning, the US soldier who covertly provided secret diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, are no longer in the dark about their client’s condition after several days of demanding information from military authorities on reports that Manning had been hospitalized.
Manning, who is six years into a 35-year military prison sentence for revealing state secrets, alarmed her attorneys and outside contacts earlier this week when all contact stopped for at least 36 hours. The total loss of contact came on the heels of unconfirmed media reports that Manning had experienced a health crisis, and lawyers for the soldier railed against the defense department for keeping them in the dark while details of Manning’s medical status apparently leaked.
“The prison has notified us that Chelsea was hospitalized and remains under a doctor’s care,” Nancy Hollander, a lawyer for Manning, said Friday. Hollander is the lead attorney on Manning’s appeal of her 35-year sentence, which Hollander has called “grossly unfair”.
“At this time her doctors are recommending against a call and we are respecting those recommendations but are in close touch with the facility and will continue to monitor her condition and hope to connect with her soon,” Hollander said. “To protect her privacy, that is all we can say at the moment.”
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Notification comes after all contact with Manning’s attorneys
and outside contacts stopped for at least 36 hours amid rumors
of a health crisis
Molly Redden in New York
Friday 8 July 2016 17.58 BST
Lawyers for Chelsea Manning, the US soldier who covertly provided secret diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, are no longer in the dark about their client’s condition after several days of demanding information from military authorities on reports that Manning had been hospitalized.
Manning, who is six years into a 35-year military prison sentence for revealing state secrets, alarmed her attorneys and outside contacts earlier this week when all contact stopped for at least 36 hours. The total loss of contact came on the heels of unconfirmed media reports that Manning had experienced a health crisis, and lawyers for the soldier railed against the defense department for keeping them in the dark while details of Manning’s medical status apparently leaked.
“The prison has notified us that Chelsea was hospitalized and remains under a doctor’s care,” Nancy Hollander, a lawyer for Manning, said Friday. Hollander is the lead attorney on Manning’s appeal of her 35-year sentence, which Hollander has called “grossly unfair”.
“At this time her doctors are recommending against a call and we are respecting those recommendations but are in close touch with the facility and will continue to monitor her condition and hope to connect with her soon,” Hollander said. “To protect her privacy, that is all we can say at the moment.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/08/chelsea-manning-hospitalized-secrecy
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