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Haunted by Disease-Ridden WWII Death Camps, Jewish Activists Push to Free ICE Detainees as COVID-19 Strikes First Facilities

Haunted by Disease-Ridden WWII Death Camps, Jewish Activists Push to Free ICE Detainees as COVID-19 Strikes First Facilities

Anne Frank didn’t die in a gas chamber; she got sick in a crowded and unsanitary ICE-like concentration camp Responding to the imminent threat of the COVID-19 pandemic killing hundreds or even thousands of vulnerable ICE detainees, the Jewish-led immigrant rights organization, Never Again Action, is escalating its months-long direct action efforts (e.g. shutting down ICE’s DC headquarters for half a day in July) to get detainees released from cruel and now life-threatening ICE concentration…

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Chelsea Manning

Statement from Chelsea Manning’s Legal Team: Chelsea Manning Released After EDVA Grand Jury Probe Expires

Alexandria, VA — Judge Anthony Trenga today ordered Chelsea Manning’s release from confinement, after the apparent conclusion of the grand jury to which she had been subpoenaed, and before which she refused to testify. He further ordered that she pay $256,000 in fines which accrued each day she refused to cooperate with the grand jury.  Needless to say we are relieved and ask that you respect her privacy while she gets on her feet.

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Statement From Chelsea Manning’s Legal Team: Ms. Manning is Recovering in Hospital, Scheduled to Appear in Court Friday

Statement From Chelsea Manning’s Legal Team: Ms. Manning is Recovering in Hospital, Scheduled to Appear in Court Friday

Alexandria, VA — On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, Chelsea Manning attempted to take her own life. She was taken to a hospital and is currently recovering.  Ms. Manning is still scheduled to appear on Friday for a previously-calendared hearing, at which Judge Anthony Trenga will rule on a motion to terminate the civil contempt sanctions stemming from her May, 2019 refusal to give testimony before a grand jury investigating the publication of her 2010 disclosures.  In…

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