Chelsea Manning invited to Canada so they could throw her out

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lawyers for the Canadian government asked US whistleblower Chelsea Manning to attend an immigration hearing in Ottowa, so that border agents could physically remove her from the country if she lost her case. Ms Manning’s lawyers had said she would attend the hearing on Thursday virtually, but government lawyers asked her to attend in person, so that if the government won its case, she could be removed from Canada, reports The Guardian. Should the issue a removal order against an individual who does not attend their hearing from a location in Canada,” the government told the IRB, it would “be impractical for CBSA to enforce the order.” The bizarre reasoning was not accepted by IRB adjudicator Marisa Musto, who dismissed the government’s motion. Ms Manning’s lawyers argued that for Canada to deny entry to “one of the most well-known whistleblowers in modern history” would undermine constitutional and press freedoms.