Imprisoned Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning has begun a hunger strike to protest what she describes as “high tech bullying” at the hands of military and prison officials. Manning is serving a 35-year sentence for providing a trove of classified documents to WikiLeaks in 2010. “It has now been more than four years since I was first diagnosed with gender dysphoria, a condition that I have struggled with my entire life,” Manning wrote in 2014. “I need help,” Manning wrote in a statement. My request has only been ignored, delayed, mocked, given trinkets and lip service by the prison, the military, and this administration.

Source: Huffington Post September 09, 2016 22:52 UTC