Organizers of an annual Montreal business conference say American whistleblower Chelsea Manning is scheduled to participate in this year’s event.
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C2 Montreal is billing the appearance later this month as Manning’s first international speaking engagement a little more than a year after her release from jail.
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Organizers say in a statement the inmate rights and LGBTQ advocate will focus on gender discrimination in the tech industry.
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The 30-year-old transgender was known as Bradley Manning when she was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking a trove of classified material in 2010.
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She was convicted in 2013 and spent a total of seven years in jail until former president Barack Obama commuted her sentence in one of his final acts in office.
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Manning tried to enter Canada last September to travel to Montreal and Vancouver, but was turned away at the border when officials determined her crimes were akin to a violation of Canadian treason laws.
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The seventh edition of the conference is being held May 23-25.
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