Authorities at GITMO have blocked delivery of "The Gulag Archipelago" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

[kpete]

“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.”

― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956



Authorities at Guantanamo Bay have blocked delivery of one of the most influential books written on the Soviet system of prison camps, known as ‘gulags.’

The legal team for Shaker Aamer, a British resident who has been detained in Guantanamo without charge or trial for 11 years, attempted to deliver a copy of The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn during a recent visit.

However, Mr Aamer has now told his lawyers that he never received the book.

The move by prison authorities follows reports that they banned the works of John Grisham in July this year – leading to the author penning a strong denunciation of Guantanamo which appeared in the New York Times.

Guantanamo Bay has been compared to a ‘gulag’ in the past, notably by US Senator Dick Durbin, as well as by a number of NGOs and media organisations.


the rest:
http://bigthink.com/think-tank/us-military-prison-officials-at-guantanamo-ban-a-book-criticizing-the-soviet-gulag-system

[PoliticAverse]

1. "detained in Guantanamo without charge or trial for 11 years". n/t

[GeorgeGist]

2. God Bless America

[Blue_In_AK]

3. How very Soviet of us. n/t

[grasswire]

4. what's next? "Papillion"nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Calling Gitmo the Gulag is an important word choice

I wish I had thought to do it sooner than this.

[hobbit709]

6. Why am I not surprised?