© AFP Photo/Lars HagbergSupporters of Chelsea Manning say she is being held in 'solitary confinement' in an Alexandria, Virginia detention center.
Chelsea Manning, the anti-secrecy campaigner who was jailed for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks, has been held in solitary confinement for over two weeks, supporters said Saturday.
Since being sent to a detention center in Alexandria, Virginia earlier this month, "Chelsea has been placed in administrative segregation... a term designed to sound less cruel than 'solitary confinement,'" the Chelsea Resists group said.
"However, Chelsea has been kept in her cell for 22 hours a day.
"Chelsea can't be out of her cell while any other prisoners are out, so she cannot talk to other people, or visit the law library, and has no access to books or reading material. She has not been outside for 16 days," they added.
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