Chelsea Manning's mother delighted her daughter will soon leave jail

Chelsea Manning's Welsh mother has spoken of her pride for the Wikileaks whistleblower before her release from prison.

Mon, 15 May, 2017 - 15:43

Chelsea Manning's Welsh mother has spoken of her pride for the Wikileaks whistleblower before her release from prison.

The former intelligence analyst is due to leave a military jail on Wednesday, after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified US Government documents.

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