Attorneys
for the transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for sending classified
information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks has confirmed her
recent hospitalization was due to an attempt to take her own life.
In
an email to media outlets, Chelsea Manning's legal representatives did
not disclose details about the circumstances surrounding the July 5
incident at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, where the
28-year-old is serving a 35-year sentence a huge leak of battlefield
documents.
They
did, however, accuse the U.S. Army of a 'gross breach of
confidentiality' for publicly revealing last week that Manning had been
rushed to hospital.
Manning
herself has since taken to Twitter, posting: 'I am okay. I'm glad to be
alive. Thank you all for your love <3 I will get through this.
#standwithchelsea'
Manning's
lawyers added that the soldier 'knows that people have questions about
how she is doing' and will remain under close observation at the lockup
for several weeks.
'She
would have preferred to keep her private medical information private,
and instead focus on her recovery,' said her attorneys, who appeared
unaware of Manning's hospitalization until reached by reporters.
'The
government's gross breach of confidentiality in disclosing her personal
health information to the media has created the very real concern that
they may continue their unauthorized release of information about her
publicly without warning,' they added.
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