In Europe in 2010, it is encouraging that we can sit back and praise Google for its apparent high moral stance on censorship in China.

For the true travesty on freedom of information however, we need to look a lot closer to home.

Mike and Jason, are being denied, what is generally agreed, in open Europe, as the right to know what is going on in the World around them.

Michael has described a nightmare scenario, where he is forming an empaphy with blind and deaf people. He hears the guards barking their commands, it doesnt matter what they say.....come forward, stop, move, put your hands in the air. Better not make the opposite move or they will feel threatened. Best not move at all. The guards are starting to shout now, I feel I am being bullied. They can shout as loud as they like I still wont understand them, what am I to do? I stare at the signs wondering if they give any clues, but they dont help. This is hopeless.

Michael is not allowed to phone his girlfriend. She is not allowed to visit. He has tried writing to her but the prison destroy the letters. What about her human rights?

Nobody explains in any detail what is going on, just usefull information, like, you may hire a book in a language you cannot understand and will never be able to read.

Jason has yet to receive a visitor even when the authorities have had weeks or months notice and someone has travelled from the other side of Europe. Their eventual excuse .....only  family members are allowed to visit.

These people are being uneccesarially isolated, and their special needs as foreign prisoners are not being met.

IN EUROPE, IN 2010, THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.