Chelsea Manning's suicide attempt came days before she was scheduled to appear in court over sanctions related to an investigation of Julian Assange
The activist and whistleblower Chelsea Manning attempted suicide on Wednesday, her legal team said in a news release.
The statement came only a few days before Manning was scheduled to appear at a court hearing on whether to continue sanctions imposed on her after refusing to comply with a grand jury investigation into Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Manning came to national attention after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks and being court-martialed for violating the Espionage Act.
Manning has been jailed for contempt of the investigation for months. She had previously been held in a military prison from 2010 to 2017, until her sentence wasManning’s lawyers announced on Wednesday that their client was in the hospital and was recovering from the suicide attempt.
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