Manning, 28, was hospitalized after a suspected suicide attempt, US officials said. She was later released from the prison hospital, but is being monitored by prison staff.
CNN says US political prisoner Chelsea Manning rushed to hospital after presumed suicide attempt https://t.co/Jb9Vq5sTa5 @xymanning
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) July 6, 2016
The whistleblower leaked thousands of classified Army documents to WikiLeaks in 2010, including diplomatic cables and airstrike videos, which later became known as the Afghan War Diaries. She was later charged with 21 counts of espionage and sentenced to 35 years behind bars in Fort Leavenworth, the US' only maximum-security military prison.
