Chelsea Manning has officially filed for a Presidential Pardon, Amnesty International lends their voice of support.

Bradley Manning has come out as transgender, and will now be known as Chelsea Manning.

Bradley Manning’s chief attorney David Coombs announced that he’ll be formally applying for a Presidential Pardon for him.

Bradley Manning—the American Army Private who leaked thousands of sensitive and classified government documents to Wikileaks—was sentenced this morning to 35 years in prison.

The Army private who admitted to leaking thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks was found guilty on five counts of violating the Espionage Act today by a military judge.

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, the man who can reduce Manning’s sentence, is stationed at Fort McNair in Southwest D.C.

Manning’s trial begins today, three years after he was arrested.

Just under 1,500 people have registered to attend the event on Facebook.

Thanks to a molasses-like security perimeter outside a special area designated for protests outside the Democratic National Convention, D.C. Mayor Vince Gray was unable to address a Charlotte crowd on the push for D.C. statehood.