Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

There will be events around the world on Thursday to highlight the ongoing plight of Chelsea Manning. This Government has championed the idea that it will support whistleblowers who do the public a service. It seems obvious that Chelsea Manning has done the world a great service and that we should speak out on the international stage on her birthday this Thursday in favour of her being released and not being punished for being a whistleblower on matters of global public interest.

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