Captive's library in Guantanamo

Captive's library in Guantanamo

s in camp six which has triggered controversy. It has been called: "the reading room with no books.cite news
url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/hickss-window-on-the-world/2006/11/27/1164476134575.html
author=Jonathan Pearlman
date=November 28, 2006
title=Hicks's window on the world
publisher=Sydney Morning Herald
accessdate=2007-07-25] ]

The library made available to captive's held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba, is notable for the controversy it has stirred.

Access to books, particularly the Harry Potter series, is widely described as a sign that the conditionsfor the captives has improved.cite news
url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160688,00.html
publisher=Fox News
title=Pols: Gitmo Conditions Have Improved
date=Monday, June 27, 2005
accessdate=2007-07-25] cite news
url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2485063
title=Guantanamo Inmates Turn to Library Books: Guantanamo Inmates Achieve a Measure of Escape Through Library Books; Nonfiction Most Popular
publisher=ABC News
date=September 24 2006
author=Andrew Selsky
accessdate=2007-07-25] cite news
url=http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1368962006
title=Terrorist detainees spellbound by Harry Potter tales
author=Rachel Williams
date=September 24 2006
publisher=The Scotsman
accessdate=2007-07-25] cite news
url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/22/AR2007072200882.html?hpid=opinionsbox2
publisher=Washington Post
title=Pistachios at Guantanamo
author=Jackson Diehl
date=Monday, July 23, 2007
accessdate=2007-07-25]

The Department of Defense reports that Guantanamo captives have access to 3,500 volumes, though they are attempting to increase the collection to 10,000–20,000cite news
url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6378199.html
date=10/5/2006
publisher=Library Journal
title=The Library at Guantanamo: 4200 Titles Under High Security
accessdate=2007-07-25] cite web
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/home/dodupdate/For-the-record/documents/20060914.html
publisher=Department of Defense
date=September 14, 2006
title=Ten Facts about Guantanamo
accessdate=2007-07-25]

Guantanamo captives such as David Hicks reported that the "reading room" did not contain any reading material itself. They have to "order" books in advance.According to the "Library Journal" the "Associated Press" reported that the captives have been known to use the books to pass messages to each other. Now each book is checked when it was returned.Captives who break this rule lose their library privileges.

Popular books and authors include the Harry Potter series, Agatha Christie mysteries, Khalil Gibran, self-help manual Don't be Sad and the Lord of the Rings. [Fox, Ben. Associated Press, "Gitmo Prisoner Rejects Military Trial", April 11 2008]

Letter from "Abdul Aziz"

On July 22 2007 Andy Worthington published an article which quoted extensively from a recently declassified letter from a Guantanamo captive identified as "Abdul Aziz".cite news
publisher=Huffington Post
url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/guantanamos-library-ad_b_57320.html
title=Guantánamo's Library: Adding Insult to Injury
author=Andy Worthington
date=Sunday July 22, 2007
accessdate=2007-07-25] cite web
url=http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=21154
title=The itinerant box Library
date=July 20 2007
publisher=cageprisoners.com
accessdate=2007-09-03] The surname of the author of the letter was withheld.

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