Iraq War Resister Kimberly Rivera sentenced to 14 months in military prison after deportation by Harper government
Press release from the War Resisters Support Campaign of Canada More »
Marjorie Cohn, Amy Goodman, others discuss “Independent Journalism on War, Conflict and Human Rights”
This panel on “Independent Journalism on War, Conflict and Human Rights” took place at the 2013 National Conference on Media Reform in Denver, on Saturday April 6. Marjorie Cohn, who is a More »
The Uncommon Courage of Bradley Manning
By Marjorie Cohn Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to 10 charges including possessing and willfully communicating to an unauthorized person all the main elements of the WikiLeaks disclosure. The charges carry a More »
Letter writing campaign for Iraq War Resister Kimberly Rivera
This message is from the Kimberly Rivera Support Committee. Dear friends, We are writing to you on behalf of Kimberly Rivera, an Iraq War resister. Kimberly, from Mesquite, Texas, deployed to More »
Military Law Notes
Bradley Manning Updates:
Check it out:
- Bradley Manning’s Statement of Conscience: Audio | Transcript
(Audio recording released by Freedom of the Press Foundation) - US Army AWOL Defense: A Practice Guide and Form Book by MLTF member James M. Branum
Iraq War Resister Kimberly Rivera sentenced to 14 months in military prison after deportation by Harper government
This press release was sent out a short time ago by the War Resisters Support Campaign of Canada…
Iraq War Resister Kimberly Rivera sentenced to 14 months in military prison after deportation by Harper government
TORONTO—On Monday afternoon, during a court-martial hearing at Fort Carson, Colorado, Kimberly Rivera was sentenced to 14 months in military prison and a dishonourable discharge after publicly expressing her conscientious objection to the Iraq War while in Canada.
Under the terms of a pre-trial agreement, she will serve 10 months of that sentence.
Marjorie Cohn, Amy Goodman, others discuss “Independent Journalism on War, Conflict and Human Rights”
This panel on “Independent Journalism on War, Conflict and Human Rights” took place at the 2013 National Conference on Media Reform in Denver, on Saturday April 6. Marjorie Cohn, who is a member of MLTF and former president of the National Lawyers Guild, teaches at Thomas Jefferson College of Law in San Diego, CA. Other panelists were Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon and Sonali Kolhatkar.
MLTF’s Kathleen Gilberd to receive ‘Service Provider of the Year’ award from SWAN at 2013 Truth and Justice Summit
The Service Women’s Action Network has announced its Provider of the Year Award and one of the two recipients is our own Kathleen Gilberd!
Kathy has been active with the Military Law Task Force for many years, and in 2012 was appointed Executive Director. She is an independent legal worker in San Diego, a volunteer with the San Diego Military Counseling Project, and a board member of the GI Rights Network. She also serves on the advisory committee of the Bradley Manning Support Network. She has conducted too many workshops on counseling on military sexual assault to list, and participated in numerous panels on the topic. She will travel to SWAN’s Truth and Justice Summit in April to receive the award.
Also receiving the award will be Public Counsel Law Center‘s Center for Veterans Advancement.
This year’s #TruthandJusticeService Provider of the Year Award Kathleen Gilberd @military_law,@publiccounsel truthandjusticesummit.org
— SWAN (@servicewomen) March 29, 2013
March 2013 issue of On Watch now online
The latest issue of MLTF’s quarterly newsletter, On Watch, released to subscribers a month ago, is now available to the pubic.
XXIV.1 March 2013
Contents:
- The Basics of Navigating the VA
- Vets Sue Army Over Less Than Honorable Discharges
- MLTF news and notes
- Women in Combat: The History and The Future
- New Policies on Military Sexual Assault, Abuse in 2013 NDAA
- IVAW Right to Heal Campaign Update
- Bradley Manning Update: Judge Rules Treatment Illegal
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