stipeWatch Michael Stipe support Chelsea Manning below.

R.E.M have been quiet since 2011 but front-man Michael Stipe still raises his voice. In a video directed towards Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. soldier serving a 35-year sentence for providing classified documents to WikiLeaks, Stipe voices concern with her prison treatment. Read up more HERE and hear from Michael below.

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