More from that once-respected human rights organization (via the NYT):

LONDON, June 3 – An official of Amnesty International said Friday that the term gulag in its annual report to describe the United Stateys prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was chosen deliberately, and she shrugged off harsh criticism of the report by the Bush administration.
The official, Kate Gilmore, the group’s executive deputy secretary general, said the administration’s response was “typical of a government on the defensive,” and she drew parallels to the reactions of the former Soviet Union, Libya and Iran under Ayatollah Khomeini, when those governments were accused of human rights abuses.

The issue is not that Amnesty criticized U.S. treatment of Gitmo detainees. Insofar as there have been abuses — and it appears there have — U.S. officials are worthy of criticism, but as many others have already note, the Gulag comparison is offensive and wrong.