Supporters of the jailed former American soldier Chelsea Manning say she's being threatened with indefinite solitary confinement after being accused of "disrespect" and "disorderly conduct" at a military prison in Kansas.
More than 75 thousand people have signed a petition accusing the US government of deliberate harassment of the former soldier who is serving a 35 year sentence for providing secret documents to the website Wikileaks.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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