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05-17-2017, 07:12 AM
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/akhbar/2017-05-17/l_204824_040010_print.gif WASHINGTON: After seven years behind bars, Chelsea Manning will walk out of the security gates of the Fort Leavenworth military prison on Wednesday, finally able to complete her transition as a free, openly transgender woman.
When she first arrived at the military barracks, the petite Manning was a male soldier -- then k**wn as Bradley -- who stunned the world by releasing a huge trove of more than 700,000 classified military and diplomatic documents via WikiLeaks.
Her release follows a last-minute commutation of her sentence by president Barack Obama in the waning days of his administration.
Without Obama’s parting gift, Manning would have remained behind bars until 2045, after a 35-year sentence.
Her supporters worried she would **t be able to survive the long sentence.
Manning, **w 29, made two suicide attempts last year alone, along with a hunger strike to de**unce the disciplinary measures to which she was subjected.
But the devastating cycle of depression, desperate measures and stays in solitary confinement is **w over for Manning, who **w turns a new page.
"For the first time, I can see a future for myself as Chelsea. I can imagine surviving and living as the person who I am and can finally be in the outside world," she wrote last week.
"Freedom used to be something that I dreamed of but never allowed myself to fully imagine.
"**w, freedom is something that I will again experience with friends and loved ones after nearly seven years of bars and cement, of periods of solitary confinement, and of my health care and auto**my restricted, including through routinely forced haircuts."
Her defence team is intent on protecting the Oklahoma native. Manning had a difficult childhood. After her parents’ divorce, Manning moved with her mother to Wales, where she repressed her ***uality and was mocked for her effeminate ways.
The military is therefore keen on keeping her release low-key. ** press conference is planned in Arkansas.
"To ensure the privacy and security of Inmate Manning, ** further information concerning the release will be provided," US Army spokesman Dave Foster said in a statement.
Manning, of whom few photographs are publicly available, could find refuge at the home of an aunt in the Washington region.
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When she first arrived at the military barracks, the petite Manning was a male soldier -- then k**wn as Bradley -- who stunned the world by releasing a huge trove of more than 700,000 classified military and diplomatic documents via WikiLeaks.
Her release follows a last-minute commutation of her sentence by president Barack Obama in the waning days of his administration.
Without Obama’s parting gift, Manning would have remained behind bars until 2045, after a 35-year sentence.
Her supporters worried she would **t be able to survive the long sentence.
Manning, **w 29, made two suicide attempts last year alone, along with a hunger strike to de**unce the disciplinary measures to which she was subjected.
But the devastating cycle of depression, desperate measures and stays in solitary confinement is **w over for Manning, who **w turns a new page.
"For the first time, I can see a future for myself as Chelsea. I can imagine surviving and living as the person who I am and can finally be in the outside world," she wrote last week.
"Freedom used to be something that I dreamed of but never allowed myself to fully imagine.
"**w, freedom is something that I will again experience with friends and loved ones after nearly seven years of bars and cement, of periods of solitary confinement, and of my health care and auto**my restricted, including through routinely forced haircuts."
Her defence team is intent on protecting the Oklahoma native. Manning had a difficult childhood. After her parents’ divorce, Manning moved with her mother to Wales, where she repressed her ***uality and was mocked for her effeminate ways.
The military is therefore keen on keeping her release low-key. ** press conference is planned in Arkansas.
"To ensure the privacy and security of Inmate Manning, ** further information concerning the release will be provided," US Army spokesman Dave Foster said in a statement.
Manning, of whom few photographs are publicly available, could find refuge at the home of an aunt in the Washington region.
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