New photos reveal the lives of 9/11 prisoners

In the high-security prison at Guantánamo Bay, created by the United States to hold detainees of the war on terrorism, there are still fifteen men who have not left their cells since 2001.

For the first time after a long period of visual isolation, a series of photographs taken by the US military and provided by journalist Carol Rosenberg have revealed the faces of these people, who have voluntarily posed to be sent to the families of their evidence that they are still alive.

Although some of them are accused of planning the 9/11 attacks, a significant number have never faced formal charges, but continue to be held in isolation as US authorities consider them a security threat.

The images, which were released to the families through the International Committee of the Red Cross, show the prisoners in moments of calm, dressed in civilian or traditional clothes, respecting the rules of the Geneva Convention on Humanitarian Communication.

These portraits fill a huge information gap, since since 2019, the Pentagon has banned journalists and photographers from visiting the interior of the prison that once housed around 780 detainees.

Although the images may create the idea of a relaxed environment, the testimonies of former prisoners such as Sufyian Barhoumi and the analysis of experts such as photographer Debi Cornwall suggest that these photos are often a strained attempt by the prisoners to not disturb their relatives.

One of the most emblematic cases is that of Abu Zubaydah, who in the last photographs is shown wearing a smart jacket, despite the fact that he was the first person to be subjected to brutal torture techniques during interrogation.

For the prisoners’ families, these images remain the only link. visual with their people, while to the public they serve as a poignant reminder of an open chapter in American history that refuses to close. /tesheshi

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Source: prizrenpost