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Chelsea Manning Ends Hunger Strike After US Army Agrees To Gender Surgery by Enapesunday(m): 8:18am On Sep 14, 2016 |
Chelsea Manning, the US soldier jailed for
passing data to WikiLeaks, says she has ended a
hunger strike because the Army has agreed to
provide her with gender transition surgery.
Psychologists recommended in April that she
should receive the treatment, commonly known
as a sex change.
The move comes after the US military in July
lifted a ban on transgender people in the armed
forces.
The 28-year-old was convicted in 2013 of leaking
secret documents.
"I am unendingly relieved that the military is
finally doing the right thing. I applaud them for
that. This is all that I wanted - for them to let me
be me," Ms Manning said in a statement .
The US Army has so far declined to comment.
But the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ,
which represented Ms Manning, confirmed that
she would be provided with medical treatment.
ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio, said: "This is a
monumental day for Chelsea, who can now enjoy
some peace knowing that critically needed
medical care is forthcoming.
"Thankfully the government has recognised its
constitutional obligation to provide Chelsea with
the medical care that she needs."
Chelsea Manning began her hunger strike on
Friday, saying she was being bullied by the US
government and denied treatment for gender
dysphoria - the sense of one's gender being at
odds with one's sex at birth.
In July she attempted suicide over the lack of
treatment.
She will now be treated under the US military's
new transgender policy, which also allows troops
to transition gender while serving and aims to set
standards for medical care.
However her campaign team said she could still
face being put in solitary confinement as
punishment for having tried to commit suicide.
Ms Manning, who was arrested as Bradley
Manning, is serving a 35-year sentence at the
all-male Fort Leavenworth military facility in
Kansas.
She was convicted in a military court of leaking
more than 700,000 secret files to Wikileaks after
having worked as an intelligence analyst in Iraq.
Shortly afterwards she announced she would
start living as a woman. |
Re: Chelsea Manning Ends Hunger Strike After US Army Agrees To Gender Surgery by agwom(m): 8:20am On Sep 14, 2016 |
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