human rights – Banned Books Awareness

Banned Books Awareness: Censorship at Guantánamo Bay (Part 2)

January 12, 2014 R. Wolf Baldassarro 3

Aside from the complete lack of due process and blatant disregard for religious liberty, human rights and amnesty groups continue to be baffled by the random and apparently arbitrary reasoning behind what publications are and are not allowed to be read by detainees within the walls of the United States’ […]

Banned Books Awareness: Censorship at Guantánamo Bay (Part 1)

December 15, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 4

It’s no secret that some serious and basic human rights are suspended, deferred, and outright denied for those caged at Guantánamo Bay, the United States’ military prison where it keeps its political prisoners. These violations also include the freedom to read. Clive Stafford Smith, the director of the charity Reprieve, […]