Actors, musicians demand end to inhumane treatment of Bradley Manning

[babsbunny]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/18/actors-musicians-demand-end-to-inhumane-treatment-of-bradley-manning/

By Muriel Kane
Friday, March 18th, 2011 -- 8:26 pm

A group of prominent actors, artists, and musicians joined with leading human rights organizations on Friday to urge President Obama and Defense Secretary Gates to take "immediate action to address the inhumane and unjustified treatment of PFC Bradley Manning at Quantico Marine Base."

"Despite the recommendations of three forensic military psychiatrists, the Brig Commander at Quantico refuses to lift the POI (Prevention of Injury) status and change his confinement classification from MAX to Medium Custody In (MDI)," the letter (pdf) charges. "On the evening of March 2, 2011 PFC Manning was stripped of all his clothing by the Quantico Brig and left naked in his cell for the next seven hours. ... There can be no conceivable justification for this type of degrading treatment. It brings back memories of the abuses committed in Abu-Ghraib, which blackened the reputation of America's armed forces."

[pacalo]

1. K&R.

[jannyk]

2. Kick & Rec!

[Kurovski]

3. K&R. (nt)

[indepat]

4. We can all take comfort that PFC Manning is receiving standard treatment for the

Pentagon has assured the Commander-in-Chief of such. :patriot:

[99th_Monkey]

5. k&r ~nt