Repatriated – and gagged with packing tape

by | Apr 18, 2012


That’s a snap from Alitalia’s 0920 Rome to Tunis flight yesterday morning, taken by Francesco Sperandeo and posted on his Facebook page.  He comments,

Two Tunisian nationals deported from Italy and treated in an inhumane way. Brown wrapping tape around her face and mouth, and plastic ties to secure the wrists.This is European civilization and democracy. But the worst part was that everything happened to the total indifference of the passengers; my request to treat the two passengers humanely led to me being labelled “arrogant” and told to return to my seat because it was a normal police operation. Normal?? I still managed to steal a photo! Go ahead and spin that or prosecute me!

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