Chelsea Manning hospitalized following attempted suicide in jail
13 March 2020 |
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The former military intelligence analyst has been in jail since May 2019 for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. She was scheduled to appear in court in Alexandria, Virginia, this week.
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