You can draw many parallels between the jailed Chinese Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and the detention of whistleblower Bradley Manning--both are in jail for exposing government wrongdoing, both are denied contact and their friends and family are routinely harassed...read more here...The intelligence analyst suspected of leaking US diplomatic cables is being held in solitary confinement.
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According to David House, a computer researcher from Boston who visits Manning twice a month, he is starting to deteriorate and many people were reluctant to talk about Manning's condition because of US government harassment, including surveillance, warrantless computer seizures, and even bribes. "This has had such an intimidating effect that many are afraid to speak out on his behalf," House said.
Some friends report being followed extensively. Another computer expert said the army offered him cash to – in his words – "infiltrate" the WIKILEAKS website. He said: "I turned them down. I don't want anything to do with this cloak and dagger stuff."
"If Manning is convicted, it will be because his individual dedication to human ethics far surpasses that of the US government."
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Read about Liu Xiaobo here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8209131/China-continues-to-block-family-from-visiting-imprisoned-Nobel-laureate.html
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