On Friday, a federal judge ordered the courageous whistleblower Chelsea Manning imprisoned for refusing to testify before a secret grand jury that is drawing up fabricated charges against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange on behalf of the Trump administration. In a savage action, the judge sentenced Manning to remain in jail until she purged her contempt of court by agreeing to testify or until the term of the grand jury expired, i.e., for an indefinite period. Despite being offered immunity, Manning took a brave and principled stand by refusing to testify in the Star Chamber proceeding against Assange. Upon refusing to cooperate with this pseudo-legal travesty, Manning was immediately jailed.
— source wsws.org | 11 Mar 2019