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| Chelsea Manning says she has been barred from entering Canada | Chelsea Manning says she has been barred from entering Canada |
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| Former US soldier and one of the most prominent whistleblowers of modern times posts letter to Twitter saying she is ‘not authorized to enter Canada’ | |
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| Mon 25 Sep 2017 21.00 BST | |
| First published on Mon 25 Sep 2017 20.23 BST | |
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| Chelsea Manning, the former US soldier who served seven years in military prison after instigating one of the biggest breaches of classified data in US history, has said she has been barred from entering Canada. | Chelsea Manning, the former US soldier who served seven years in military prison after instigating one of the biggest breaches of classified data in US history, has said she has been barred from entering Canada. |
| On Monday, Manning posted on Twitter a report from the Canadian government that identified her as a foreign national “who has not been authorized to enter Canada” due to prior convictions. | On Monday, Manning posted on Twitter a report from the Canadian government that identified her as a foreign national “who has not been authorized to enter Canada” due to prior convictions. |
| “So, I guess Canada has permanently banned me?” wrote Manning – one of the most prominent whistleblowers of modern times. | “So, I guess Canada has permanently banned me?” wrote Manning – one of the most prominent whistleblowers of modern times. |
| so, i guess canada has permanently banned me ? ✋🤠🌄🇨🇦 @CitImmCanada denied entry b/c of convictions similar to "treason" offense 🤔🌈💕 pic.twitter.com/xp0JOEEOGd | so, i guess canada has permanently banned me ? ✋🤠🌄🇨🇦 @CitImmCanada denied entry b/c of convictions similar to "treason" offense 🤔🌈💕 pic.twitter.com/xp0JOEEOGd |
| The letter, addressed to the country’s minister of immigration, said Manning had attempted to enter Canada at the official border crossing near Champlain, New York, late last week. | The letter, addressed to the country’s minister of immigration, said Manning had attempted to enter Canada at the official border crossing near Champlain, New York, late last week. |
| Manning had told Canadian border officials that she had been convicted in 2013 of charges associated with the United States Espionage Act and had been released from prison in May. | Manning had told Canadian border officials that she had been convicted in 2013 of charges associated with the United States Espionage Act and had been released from prison in May. |
| The letter added that if the same offence had been carried out in Canada, it “would equate to an indictable offence, namely treason”, and could result in up to 14 years in prison. For this reason, Manning was deemed inadmissible to Canada. | The letter added that if the same offence had been carried out in Canada, it “would equate to an indictable offence, namely treason”, and could result in up to 14 years in prison. For this reason, Manning was deemed inadmissible to Canada. |
| On Twitter, Manning rejected the comparison officials had attempted to make between the US and Canadian law, and said she planned to formally challenge the decision. | On Twitter, Manning rejected the comparison officials had attempted to make between the US and Canadian law, and said she planned to formally challenge the decision. |
| In 2013, Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for sending more than 700,000 documents, videos and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks. The classified and sensitive documents leaked by Manning – who had been assigned to an army unit in Iraq as an intelligence analyst – shone a light on the nature of warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan and included a video showing the US military launching an airstrike that killed a dozen people, including two Reuters news staffers. | In 2013, Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for sending more than 700,000 documents, videos and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks. The classified and sensitive documents leaked by Manning – who had been assigned to an army unit in Iraq as an intelligence analyst – shone a light on the nature of warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan and included a video showing the US military launching an airstrike that killed a dozen people, including two Reuters news staffers. |
| The 29-year-old was released earlier this year after her sentence was commuted by Barack Obama during the final days of his presidency. | The 29-year-old was released earlier this year after her sentence was commuted by Barack Obama during the final days of his presidency. |
| Manning’s brush with the Canadian border authorities came as she was embarking on a bi-coastal tour to celebrate her newfound freedom. | Manning’s brush with the Canadian border authorities came as she was embarking on a bi-coastal tour to celebrate her newfound freedom. |
| Bradley Manning is born in Crescent, Oklahoma, to an American father and Welsh mother. | Bradley Manning is born in Crescent, Oklahoma, to an American father and Welsh mother. |
| Manning and her mother move to Haverfordwest in Wales after her parents’ divorce. The teenager shows an aptitude for computers at school. She returns to the US to live with her father in 2005. | Manning and her mother move to Haverfordwest in Wales after her parents’ divorce. The teenager shows an aptitude for computers at school. She returns to the US to live with her father in 2005. |
| At 19, Manning joins the US army. Her father, Brian, had served in the US Navy as an intelligence analyst. | At 19, Manning joins the US army. Her father, Brian, had served in the US Navy as an intelligence analyst. |
| Manning is sent to Iraq, where she works as an intelligence analyst at a US army base outside Baghdad. In that role, she is given access to top secret intelligence databases. | Manning is sent to Iraq, where she works as an intelligence analyst at a US army base outside Baghdad. In that role, she is given access to top secret intelligence databases. |
| Manning makes contact with WikiLeaks for the first time after it leaked 570,000 pager messages from 9/11. | Manning makes contact with WikiLeaks for the first time after it leaked 570,000 pager messages from 9/11. |
| Manning uploads the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs to the WikiLeaks portal from a Barnes & Noble store in Maryland while on leave. | Manning uploads the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs to the WikiLeaks portal from a Barnes & Noble store in Maryland while on leave. |
| WikiLeaks posts a video of Iraqi civilians and journalists being killed by a US helicopter gunship some time in July 2007, publishing it under the title Collateral Murder. | WikiLeaks posts a video of Iraqi civilians and journalists being killed by a US helicopter gunship some time in July 2007, publishing it under the title Collateral Murder. |
| Manning is arrested at Forward Operating Base Hammer outside Baghdad, and transferred four days later to Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. While being held in Kuwait, she is found with a sheet that she has fashioned into a noose, having had suicidal thoughts. | Manning is arrested at Forward Operating Base Hammer outside Baghdad, and transferred four days later to Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. While being held in Kuwait, she is found with a sheet that she has fashioned into a noose, having had suicidal thoughts. |
| Manning is charged with leaking classified information. | Manning is charged with leaking classified information. |
| A series of reports on the Afghanistan war, based on US military internal logs, are published by the Guardian, the New York Times and other media groups. | A series of reports on the Afghanistan war, based on US military internal logs, are published by the Guardian, the New York Times and other media groups. |
| Manning is moved to Quantico in the US, where she is held in a solitary cell for 23 hours a day. The UN later denounces her conditions as a form of torture. | Manning is moved to Quantico in the US, where she is held in a solitary cell for 23 hours a day. The UN later denounces her conditions as a form of torture. |
| The Iraq war logs are published, detailing civilian deaths, torture, summary executions and war crimes in what Manning summed up as the “true nature of 21st-century asymmetric warfare”. | The Iraq war logs are published, detailing civilian deaths, torture, summary executions and war crimes in what Manning summed up as the “true nature of 21st-century asymmetric warfare”. |
| 250,000 US embassy cables are published by the Guardian and other international outlets, revealing what diplomats really think about their postings and exposing widespread corruption in regimes across the Middle East. | 250,000 US embassy cables are published by the Guardian and other international outlets, revealing what diplomats really think about their postings and exposing widespread corruption in regimes across the Middle East. |
| The Guantánamo files are released by the Guardian and the New York Times, containing the US’s secret assessments of detainees at the US base in Cuba.- | The Guantánamo files are released by the Guardian and the New York Times, containing the US’s secret assessments of detainees at the US base in Cuba.- |
| Manning’s first pre-trial hearing begins. | Manning’s first pre-trial hearing begins. |
| Manning pleads guilty to leaking military information, but not guilty to 12 of the most serious charges, including “aiding the enemy”. | Manning pleads guilty to leaking military information, but not guilty to 12 of the most serious charges, including “aiding the enemy”. |
| Manning’s court martial begins at Fort Meade, Maryland. | Manning’s court martial begins at Fort Meade, Maryland. |
| Manning is cleared of “aiding the enemy”, the most serious charge, but is found guilty of a total of 20 counts, including several under the Espionage Act. | Manning is cleared of “aiding the enemy”, the most serious charge, but is found guilty of a total of 20 counts, including several under the Espionage Act. |
| Manning is sentenced to 35 years. The next day she announces through her lawyer that she is transgender and wishes to be known as Chelsea Manning. | Manning is sentenced to 35 years. The next day she announces through her lawyer that she is transgender and wishes to be known as Chelsea Manning. |
| Barack Obama commutes Manning’s sentence and sets the date of her release. | Barack Obama commutes Manning’s sentence and sets the date of her release. |
| Manning is freed from Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. “Whatever is ahead of me, is far more important than the past,” she says in her first comment as a free woman. | Manning is freed from Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. “Whatever is ahead of me, is far more important than the past,” she says in her first comment as a free woman. |
| She had planned to drive up the east coast from New York to Montreal, then fly across Canada to Vancouver and drive down the west coast, stopping off to join protests against the far-right activist Milo Yiannopoulos at the University of California, Berkeley. | She had planned to drive up the east coast from New York to Montreal, then fly across Canada to Vancouver and drive down the west coast, stopping off to join protests against the far-right activist Milo Yiannopoulos at the University of California, Berkeley. |
| But she never made it across the border. Canadian guards detained her overnight before turning her back to the US. | But she never made it across the border. Canadian guards detained her overnight before turning her back to the US. |
| Manning’s support team have responded with astonishment to the suggestion by Canadian authorities that her prosecution under the US Espionage Act was equivalent to treason under Canadian law. | Manning’s support team have responded with astonishment to the suggestion by Canadian authorities that her prosecution under the US Espionage Act was equivalent to treason under Canadian law. |
| They stressed that the Espionage Act was unprecedented around the world as it allows no margin for whistleblowers to argue that the disclosures they made were in the public interest. | They stressed that the Espionage Act was unprecedented around the world as it allows no margin for whistleblowers to argue that the disclosures they made were in the public interest. |
| Manning’s team said their concern now focused on whether Manning’s experience with Canadian immigration officials would be replicated in other countries that might be susceptible to US government pressure. | Manning’s team said their concern now focused on whether Manning’s experience with Canadian immigration officials would be replicated in other countries that might be susceptible to US government pressure. |
| Manning has a number of international speaking engagements in development, and her team will now have to work out whether entry into those countries will be permitted. | Manning has a number of international speaking engagements in development, and her team will now have to work out whether entry into those countries will be permitted. |
| On Monday, Canada’s Ministry of Immigration refused to comment on Manning’s case, citing privacy laws. Each case is evaluated based on its merits, a spokesperson told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. “All applicants can expect impartial, professional treatment and clear, accountable decision-making.” | On Monday, Canada’s Ministry of Immigration refused to comment on Manning’s case, citing privacy laws. Each case is evaluated based on its merits, a spokesperson told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. “All applicants can expect impartial, professional treatment and clear, accountable decision-making.” |
| Speaking to media on Monday, Justin Trudeau also fielded questions about Manning’s case. The prime minister declined to comment but said he was looking forward to hearing more details about the situation. | Speaking to media on Monday, Justin Trudeau also fielded questions about Manning’s case. The prime minister declined to comment but said he was looking forward to hearing more details about the situation. |
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