Australia Plans to Deny Bradley Manning an Entry Visa

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Australia Plans to Deny Chelsea Manning an Entry Visa, Citing ‘Criminal Record’

By Isabella Kwai
Aug. 29, 2018

SYDNEY, Australia — The Australian government said on Wednesday that it would not grant a visa to Chelsea Manning, a former American soldier sentenced to prison for sharing classified government documents, because she failed a character test required for entry.

Ms. Manning was scheduled to conduct a speaking tour of Australia through September, beginning with an appearance this Sunday at the Sydney Opera House with the American journalists Ronan Farrow, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Maureen Dowd.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/world/australia/chelsea-manning-visa-ban.html

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Chelsea Manning to be barred from Australia
Associated Press via New York Post
Aug. 30, 2018

CANBERRA, Australia — Convicted classified document leaker Chelsea Manning will not be allowed to enter Australia for a speaking tour scheduled to start Sunday, her his tour organizer said on Thursday.

Think Inc. said it had received a notice of intention from the government to deny Manning entry. The group is calling on her his supporters to lobby new Immigration Minister David Coleman to allow her him into Australia. While she can appeal, past precedent suggests the decision has already been made.

“Which after a little bit of research and speaking to our legal counsel, we understand is potentially an imminent refusal of her his visa,” Think Inc. director Suzi Jamil told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. ...

The Department of Home Affairs said while it does not comment on individual cases, all non-citizens entering Australia must meet character requirements set out in the Migration Act. The reasons a person might fail the character test include a criminal record or a determination they might a risk to the community, according to the department.  ...

Amnesty International accused the government of trying to silence Manning.    ...

I had to make a few corrections.

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Merged threads and moved to World category.

[txradioguy]

Good for them.

Little traitor should have never been let out of prison to begin with.

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