MOSCOW (Sputnik) – On Tuesday, the White House announced the decision of outgoing President Barack Obama to commute Manning’s sentence from 35 years to seven.
Assange: "Thank you to everyone who campaigned for Chelsea Manning's clemency. Your courage & determination made the impossible possible."
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 17 января 2017 г.
“Thank you to everyone who campaigned for Chelsea Manning's clemency. Your courage & determination made the impossible possible,”Assange said, as quoted by the WikiLeaks Twitter page.
17 January 2017, 23:28 GMT
Manning was arrested in May 2010 in Iraq, while serving in the US army. Then-Bradley Manning admitted disclosing classified information to WikiLeaks, concerning deaths among civilians caused by US airstrikes, Guantanamo prisoners and about 250,000 US diplomatic letters.
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