Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Pentagon Takes Away Gitmo Prisoners' Rights To Their Own Art

"The military has decided that art made by wartime captives [at Guantanamo Bay] is U.S. government property and has stopped releases of security-screened prisoner art to the public. One attorney says the U.S. military intends to burn cellblock art. The new source of tension in the 41-captive prison is stirring a fundamental question: Who owns art? The state or the artist?"



Article source here:Arts Journal

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