Chelsea Manning released on judge’s order

Ex-army analyst's legal team says she attempted suicide this week

Chelsea Manning
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Former US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been released from prison.

Manning, who leaked hundreds of thousands of documents and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks in 2010, had been held since May 2019 when she was taken back into custody for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating the pro-transparency organisation.

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