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
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>
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>
>-----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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