Photos - Solidarity with Bradley Manning outside U.S. Embas

Free Bradley Manning! | 19.12.2011 08:41 | Terror War

Bradley Manning's Military Tribunal Article 32 (pre-military trial hearing) began a Ft. Meade Maryland on Friday Dec 18th.,continued through the weekend and continues into this week. A callout for solidarity action on Bradley' 24th. birthday - Saturday Dec 17th. was answered in 40+ locations throughout the United States and around the world. In London 60 folks gathered in solidarity with Bradley outside the U.S. embassy.

The London gathering heard solidarity statements read from human rights and gay activist Peter Tatchell and recently released British military resister Michael Lyons. Keynote speeches were made by Ben Griffin from "Veterans for Peace", Naomi Colvin from "UK Friends of Bradley Manning" and Ciaron O'Reilly from the "London Catholic Worker". An open platform followed which included speeches by folks from Occupy London SX, "Pay Day", "Global Women's Strike", a British Iraq War veteran, "Pirate Party", "Queer Friends of Bradley Manning", "Oxford Catholic Worker", an Iraqi exile among others.

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VIDEOS
Messages to Bradley Manning as 60 folks gather in solidarity outside the U.S. Embassy in London (1 min 24 secs)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO6TksMhEqk

Anti-War activist/ former U.S. political prisoner Ciaron O'Reilly (3 mins 5 secs)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhYoR8576MM&feature=related

Iraqi man offers support to Bradley Manning (25 secs)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avOa8FG3xXY

PHOTOGRAPHS

http://www.demotix.com/news/973293/bradley-mannings-campaigners-protest-outside-american-embassy

http://www.demotix.com/news/972799/free-bradley-manning-demonstration-outside-us-embassy

http://www.demotix.com/news/972235/supporters-bradley-manning-gather-outside-us-embassy

http://www.demotix.com/news/971908/protests-us-embassy-london-bradley-manning-trial-takes-place

http://www.demotix.com/news/971841/bradley-manning-24th-birthday-solidarity-protest-london

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grey-photography/6526832467/in/photostream/

http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/politics/2011-12-17/47205/london-supporters-of-bradley-manning-gather-outside-the-us-embassy.html

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