Now that the Guardian has revealed that Bradley Manning, the US soldier suspected of having passed US secrets to WikiLeaks, is a UK citizen by descent from his Welsh mother, it is imperative that the British government be urged to take up his case as it (eventually) did not only with British citizens but also other former British residents at Guantánamo Bay. Amnesty’s UK director, Kate Allen, has called for Foreign Office officials to visit him “just as they would any other British person detained overseas and potentially facing trial on very serious charges.” Bradley Manning is being subjected to inhumane conditions and all those who support Wikileaks should not forget that this young man could suffer a terrible penalty for very many years. Continue reading →