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The UN has formally accused the United States government for cruel and inhuman treatment towards openly gay solider Bradley Manning.

A supporter of the Army private suspected of supplying classified documents to the WikiLeaks website on Wednesday refused to testify to a federal grand jury, accusing the U.S. justice department of using Nixon-like fear tactics.

An outspoken advocate for an Army private accused of funneling classified documents to Wikileaks plans to file suit Friday, claiming federal agents illegally seized confidential information from him at a Chicago airport.

The intelligence analyst suspected of illegally passing government secrets to the WikiLeaks website has been found competent to stand trial, the Army said Friday.

The Army private accused of passing classified documents to WikiLeaks was cleared Thursday to live alongside other inmates at a Kansas military prison, a dramatic change from his previous quarters.

Army officials are opening the doors to the military prison in Kansas where they are holding an Army private suspected of illegally passing U.S. government secrets to the WikiLeaks website.

The Army private suspected of illegally passing U.S. government secrets to the WikiLeaks website was transferred Wednesday to an Army prison in Kansas from the Marine brig in Virginia where he has spent the past nine months.

The Army private suspected of giving classified data to WikiLeaks is being moved to a state-of-the-art facility at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, where Pentagon officials said more extensive mental, emotional and physical health care will be available.

The soldier facing charges in connection with allegedly leaking U.S. diplomatic cables and other sensitive documents is being subjected to "ritual humiliation" in a manner that echoes the outrages of Abu Ghraib.