Īfter Ryan's death, it was revealed that the author had written to the publisher of the works of Stephen Ambrose, accusing Ambrose of plagiarism: in September 1970, Ryan addressed a letter to Doubleday, alleging the use of two quotations from The Last Battle in the Eisenhower biography The Supreme Commander without proper attribution. The Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda accused Ryan of trying to smear the Red Army in his depiction of the Battle of Berlin. Īlso receiving publicity were assertions of an American general quoted in the book, General William Hood Simpson, commander of the Ninth United States Army in World War II, that he is convinced his Army 'could have captured Berlin well ahead of the Russians if it had not been stopped on the Elbe River on 15 April 1945'. The book revealed that the German capture of a top-secret Allied plan for dividing and occupying Germany (Operation Eclipse) helped stiffen German resistance and prolonged World War II. The Last Battle made news at the time it was published. The book was published simultaneously in the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland and Portugal, when it appeared in March 1966. Ryan was granted unique historical access to Soviet archives and Soviet generals involved in the battle, which was rare at the time. It is based on interviews with hundreds of persons actually involved, including Americans, British, Germans and Russians. The book, which was published by Simon & Schuster, is structured as an historical narrative. It expresses concern about Cornelius’s deteriorating health and calls explicitly for the UAE to immediately release him so that he can seek medical treatment for his tuberculosis.The Last Battle is a 1966 book by Cornelius Ryan about the events leading up to the Battle of Berlin in World War II.

The UN working group’s ruling states that Ryan’s human rights were violated both in his initial arrest and in the subsequent legal proceedings, constituting arbitrary detention. It has demanded that the UAE opens an investigation into Cornelius’s detention.Ĭornelius was arrested and detained following complicated business dealings involving powerful Emirati individuals. The UN working group has condemned the fundamental rights violations inflicted by the UAE authorities on Cornelius and is calling for his immediate release, with reparations paid for his suffering, in line with international law. Two months before his release date in March 2018, he was served with a new additional sentence of 20 years based on UAE legislation that was brought in after his initial sentencing.

The 68-year-old’s lawyers say he was subjected to a number of human rights violations, including prolonged periods of solitary confinement and aggressive interrogations without legal representation, before being charged with fraud in 2010 and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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