Free speech, folks. Simply do what I do and delete the mails, dangerous
territory to enter to ban the mailings.
Regards
David
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David McMenemy
Lecturer,
Department of Information Science,
University of Strathclyde,
Livingstone Tower,
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Glasgow.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Clare Martin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: More Books Confiscated
> And I would second Tom's request.
> Clare
>
> At 12:27 25/06/01 +0100, French, Tom wrote:
> >Aran
> >
> >This is excellent news. I for one have before now queried the legitimacy
of
> >what is obviously a right-wing propaganda group. Perhaps our lis-link
> >administrator will now agree to stop Mr Kent from posting his monthly
> >splurge on lis-link?
> >
> >Tom French
> >Head of Modern British Collections
> >The British Library
> >96 Euston Road
> >London
> >NW1 2DB
> >England
> >
> >Tel: 020 7412 7623
> >Fax: 020 7412 7557
> >Email: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >Web: www.bl.uk/collections/mbc
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Lewis,Aran M [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: 25 June 2001 10:23
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: More Books Confiscated
> >
> >
> >Some background information on R Kent and the self-styled "Friends of
Cuban
> >Libraries" can be found at -
> >
> >http://libr.org/Juice/issues/vol4/LJ_4.9.sup.html
> >
> >Aran Lewis
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 2:29 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: More Books Confiscated
> >>
> >> News Bulletin
> >> Date: June 21, 2001
> >>
> >> MORE BOOKS CONFISCATED
> >>
> >> Two shipments of books sent to independent libraries in Cuba have
been
> >> confiscated in recent days, according to a report by Alida Viso Bello
in
> >> the
> >> June 20 issue of CubaNet (www.cubanet.org). As reported by Havana
> >> librarian
> >> Ricardo Gonzalez, a package of books sent to the Jorge Manach Library
from
> >> Italy was recently intercepted by Cuban customs agents, who confiscated
> >> some
> >> of the books after declaring them to be "counterrevolutionary" and
> >> "against
> >> the interests of the nation." Mr. Gonzalez denounced this act as a
> >> violation of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
> >> which
> >> grants everyone the right to "seek, receive and impart information and
> >> ideas
> >> through any media and regardless of frontiers."
> >>
> >> A similar complaint has been made in recent days by Jose Miguel
> >> Martinez,
> >> director of the independent Juan Bruno Zayas Library, located at #2719
> >> 28th
> >> Street, between 27th and 29th Streets, Quivican, Havana Province. He
> >> complains that customs agents have also seized some books sent to his
> >> library
> >> from abroad. Mr. Martinez intends to file a formal complaint to
protest
> >> the
> >> book seizure, which he denounces as an "arbitrary act by the
government,
> >> which is trying to suffocate the libraries free of its control."
> >>
> >> In recent weeks, to the annoyance of Cuban officials, the
independent
> >> library movement has been the focus of increased attention on the part
of
> >> the
> >> international press. For further details, please refer to the June 6
> >> issue
> >> of the New York Times ("In Book-Starved Cuba, Little Feasts for the
> >> Hungry")
> >> and the June 8 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education ("Independent
> >> Libraries in Cuba Boldly Defy Government's Lock on Information"). More
> >> than
> >> 90 independent libraries, with the avowed goal of offering uncensored
> >> books
> >> to the Cuban people, now exist in the Caribbean nation. Supporters of
the
> >> Cuban government have denounced the independent librarians as dangerous
> >> subversives and "crypto-fascists." Reports documenting the Cuban
> >> government's repression of the independent librarians have been issued
by
> >> Amnesty International and the International Federation of Library
> >> Associations.
> >>
> >> Comments regarding the confiscation of library books may be sent to
> >> Mr.
> >> Eliades Acosta, a Cuban official who denies that the independent
> >> librarians
> >> are being subjected to repression. His e-mail address is:
> >> ([log in to unmask]). Please forward any responses to the Friends
of
> >> Cuban Libraries.
> >>
> >> The Friends of Cuban Libraries
> >>
> >> BACKGROUND: The Friends of Cuban Libraries, founded in June, 1999,
is
> >> an
> >> independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit support group for the independent
> >> librarians. We oppose censorship and all other violations of
intellectual
> >> freedom, as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
> >> regardless
> >> of whatever government may be in office in Cuba. We are funded
entirely
> >> by
> >> our members and do not seek or accept funds from other sources. For
more
> >> information, please send e-mail to: ([log in to unmask]). Telephone:
(USA)
> >> 718-340-8494. Mailing address: 4-74 48th Avenue, Apt. 3-C, Long Island
> >> City,
> >> NY 11109 USA.
> >> ###
> >
> >
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