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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