segunda-feira, 4 de dezembro de 2006

Gulag dos tempos pós guerra fria


Foto: New York Times

Esta foto parece mostrar um trabalhador de indústria química. Ou um prisioneiro de algum Gulag soviético da época da guerra fria.
Mas é um prisioneiro muslim americano Jose Padilla, acusado de participar de um complô terrorista.
Aqui ele é visto quando era levado ao dentista para fazer tratamento de canal.

Several guards in camouflage and riot gear approached cell No. 103. They unlocked a rectangular panel at the bottom of the door and Mr. Padilla’s bare feet slid through, eerily disembodied. As one guard held down a foot with his black boot, the others shackled Mr. Padilla’s legs. Next, his hands emerged through another hole to be manacled.

Wordlessly, the guards, pushing into the cell, chained Mr. Padilla’s cuffed hands to a metal belt. Briefly, his expressionless eyes met the camera before he lowered his head submissively in expectation of what came next: noise-blocking headphones over his ears and blacked-out goggles over his eyes. Then the guards, whose faces were hidden behind plastic visors, marched their masked, clanking prisoner down the hall to his root canal.

Nem vamos falar de Guantanamo.

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