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| Chelsea Manning case: Judge orders release from prison | Chelsea Manning case: Judge orders release from prison |
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| A US judge has ordered the immediate release of former army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning from prison. | |
| Manning had been remanded for refusing to testify in an inquiry into Wikileaks and had been in detention in Virginia since last May. | Manning had been remanded for refusing to testify in an inquiry into Wikileaks and had been in detention in Virginia since last May. |
| She was scheduled to appear in court on Friday, but the judge ruled that it was no longer necessary for her to testify. | She was scheduled to appear in court on Friday, but the judge ruled that it was no longer necessary for her to testify. |
| Manning was found guilty in 2013 of charges including espionage for leaking secret military files to Wikileaks. | Manning was found guilty in 2013 of charges including espionage for leaking secret military files to Wikileaks. |
| She accrued more than $250,000 (£198,000) in fines for refusing to co-operate with the inquiry. Her legal team had asked for these to be vacated, but the judge said they must be paid in full. | |
| Manning, 32, had refused to answer further questions about Wikileaks from investigators because she said she had already given her testimony during the 2013 trial. | |
| Her release order on Thursday came shortly after her legal team said she had tried to take her own life and was recovering in hospital. | |
| Police confirmed there was "an incident" involving Manning at the detention centre in Virginia on Wednesday afternoon. "It was handled appropriately by our professional staff and [she] is safe," a police statement said. | |
| US prosecutors have been investigating Wikileaks for several years. | US prosecutors have been investigating Wikileaks for several years. |
| They are currently seeking the extradition of its co-founder Julian Assange from the UK over his alleged role in the release of classified military and diplomatic material in 2010. | They are currently seeking the extradition of its co-founder Julian Assange from the UK over his alleged role in the release of classified military and diplomatic material in 2010. |
| Australian-born Assange faces a charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion in the US. |