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Pirate Bay Founder Warg Being Held in Solitary Confinement
From Torrent Freak comes news that one of the Pirate Bay founders is now being held in solitary confinement after Sweden turned him over to Denmark. From the article: "In a recent letter sent to Amnesty and shared with TorrentFreak, Gottfrid’s mother Kristina explains her son’s plight. She says that Gottfrid is being kept in solitary and treated as if he were a 'dangerous, violent and aggressive criminal' even though his only crime — if any — is hacking. Gottfrid’s lawyer Luise Høi says the terms of his confinement are unacceptable and are being executed without the correct legal process. 'It is the case that Danish authorities are holding my client in solitary confinement without a warrant,' Høi explains, noting that if the authorities wish to exclude Gottfrid from access to anyone except his lawyer and prison staff, they need to apply for a special order."
In Scandinavia it's a common pre-court procedure to deny the suspect of news and other means to by which they might influence or be influenced by the world outside.
And no, Amnesty does not like it.
While entirely true that The Great Escape was not a documentary, it was based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Paul Brickhill, who was in fact involved as a POW in the very real Great Escape, though due to claustrophobia he did not participate in the actual tunneling or the escape itself.
The characters in the film were based on real men and composites of real men. The character "Cooler King" Virgil Hilts, played by Steve McQueen, whom we see sent to solitary multiple times, was based on David M. Jones, who participated in the Doolittle Raid, survived same and escaped captivity at that time, only to be shot down in North Africa and sent to the very real Stalag Luft III. He actually led the digging team on the real tunnel "Harry".
On balance I believe The Great Escape is about the closest thing to an accurate depiction of such an arresting historic episode as you can get in a dramatic film.