UN to investigate treatment of jailed leaks suspect Manning
Found on The Guardian on Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Manning's supporters say that he is in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day; this could be construed as a form of torture. This month visitors reported that his mental and physical health was deteriorating.
He was charged in July with leaking classified material including video posted by WikiLeaks of a 2007 US attack in Baghdad by a Apache helicopter that killed a Reuters news photographer and his driver.
I wouldn't be surprised if, by accident of course, there would always be a bucket full of water and a towel around whenever agents have a "meeting" with him.