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    Jailing And Fining Chelsea Manning Constitutes Torture, Top U.N. Official Says

    Nils Melzer, the United Nations special rapporteur on torture, says detaining and fining Manning with the aim of coercing her to testify runs afoul of U.S. international human rights obligations.
    by Bobby Allyn Dec 31, 2019 2 minutes
    Chelsea Manning leaves the Albert V. Bryan U.S. District Courthouse in northern Virginia in March. A top official with the United Nations says that her punishment for refusing to testify amounts to torture.

    A top United Nations official is accusing U.S. authorities of imposing a penalty that amounts to torture against former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who is currently jailed in a federal facility after refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

    Earlier this year, a federal judge detained Manning and imposed on her daily fines after finding

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