Chelsea Manning to remain in jail after appeals court denies bail request

Manning has been detained since March after declining to answer questions in connection with the investigation into WikiLeaks

A federal appeals court on Monday denied a request by the former US army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to be released from jail on bail, and upheld a lower court’s decision to hold Manning in civil contempt for refusing to testify before a grand jury.

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