Saturday, February 05, 2005

Prisoners of Conscience

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0506,hentoff,60822,6.html

'...What has made this signal of solidarity against repression most notable is that this small town in South Dakota has not only defied Castro but has also shown the hypocrisy of the national American Library Association—the largest organization of librarians in the world—whose governing council last year overwhelmingly defeated an amendment from one of its members to demand that Castro immediately release the 10 independent librarians, along with the other 65 "prisoners of conscience," as Amnesty International has described them. ..'

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