I'm sorry - can someone point out the "cruel and inhumane treatment" because I'm not seeing it. He's a fucking prisoner being held in a cell.
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From the beginning of his detention, Manning has been held in intensive solitary confinement. For 23 out of 24 hours every day -- for seven straight months and counting -- he sits completely alone in his cell. Even inside his cell, his activities are heavily restricted; he's barred even from exercising and is under constant surveillance to enforce those restrictions. For reasons that appear completely punitive, he's being denied many of the most basic attributes of civilized imprisonment, including even a pillow or sheets for his bed (he is not and never has been on suicide watch). For the one hour per day when he is freed from this isolation, he is barred from accessing any news or current events programs.
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You want to know about cruel and inhumane punishment? Read a book called Bravo Two Zero. It's written by a member of a SAS team who went into Iraq in 1991. He had his teeth beat out of him with the butt of a rifle, one at a time......