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| Noam Chomsky | nn - 29.07.2011 12:37
The renowned scholar and political theorist Noam Chomsky made a statement of support for Bradley this week in an interview with the U.K. Guardian on the topic of Venezuela, in which he criticizes both Venezuelan and U.S. treatment of prisoners. He says:
It’s obviously improper for the executive to intervene and impose a jail sentence without a trial. And I should say that the United States is in no position to complain about this. Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without charge, under torture, which is what solitary confinement is. The president in fact intervened. Obama was asked about his conditions and said that he was assured by the Pentagon that they were fine. That’s executive intervention in a case of severe violation of civil liberties and it’s hardly the only one.
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