Editing Alice Walker (section)

===Support for Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange===

In June 2013, Walker and others appeared in a video expressing their support for [[Chelsea Manning]], an American soldier who was imprisoned for releasing [[classified information]].<ref>{{cite web| last =Gavin| first =Patrick| title =Celeb video: 'I am Bradley Manning'| work =Politico| date =June 19, 2013| url =http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/celebrity-bradley-manning-video-93041.html}}</ref> In recent years, Walker has spoken out repeatedly in support of [[Julian Assange]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Julian Assange is not on trial for his personality – but here's how the US government made you focus on it |first=Noam|last=Chomsky|author-link=Noam Chomsky|author2=Alice Walker|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|date=September 9, 2020|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/julian-assange-trial-us-trump-chelsea-manning-chomsky-walker-b420930.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909164523/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/julian-assange-trial-us-trump-chelsea-manning-chomsky-walker-b420930.html |archive-date=2020-09-09 |url-access=limited |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Assange Defence Committee: Launch Event |website = [[YouTube]]| date=September 5, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiPXFeL3KQU| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211031/ZiPXFeL3KQU| archive-date=2021-10-31 | url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Artist Alice Walker |url=https://artistsforassange.org/alice-walker/ |website=Artists for Assange}}</ref> Founder of Wikileaks, Assange was considered a large threat to U.S. national security during the Obama administration, as he revealed classified intelligence information surrounding war crimes and human rights violations in [[Iraq]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo]] Bay. Subsequently, Assange was arrested after attempting to seek refuge in the Ecuador embassy in London. He was later extradited to the U.S. and prosecuted on criminal charges. In light of these developments, Alice Walker published an Opinion Editorial taking aim at the US justice system and calling for the vindication of the charges brought against Assange. <ref>{{Cite web |last=CourageA |date=2022-10-10 |title=Alice Walker pens Kansas City Star op-ed: Biden must end Trump's war on the press. Drop the Julian Assange case |url=https://assangedefense.org/press-release/alice-walker-pens-kansas-city-star-op-ed-biden-must-end-trumps-war-on-the-press-drop-the-julian-assange-case/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Assange Defense |language=en-US}}</ref> Moreover, Walker also took part in a panel discussion in Berkeley, California for the purpose of freeing Assange.