Chelsea Manning, the transgender army private jailed for one of the largest leaks of classified documents in US history, was released from a maximum-security prison in Kansas Wednesday after seven years behind bars. I am looking forward to so much!” said Manning in a statement released by her legal team. “Whatever is ahead of me, is far more important than the past,” said Manning, whose original release date was set for 2045. After her arrest, Manning was convicted in a military court in 2013, and began her gender transition while locked up in the all-male military prison in Kansas. “Chelsea Manning now walks free.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 18, 2017 03:56 UTC