| Accession Number | P04237.006 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Gittoes, George Noel |
| Place made | Iraq: Baghdad |
| Date made | April 2003 |
| Conflict |
Iraq, 2003-2013 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Muhammed Hassan holds a bunch of flowers in front of Baghdad's bombed-out Olympic Centre ...
Description
Muhammed Hassan holds a bunch of flowers in front of Baghdad's bombed-out Olympic Centre building. The building was reportedly used by Saddam Hussein's son Uday as a torture centre. Muhammed Hassan, a gardener at the Olympic Centre, told Australian artist George Gittoes, in April 2003, that twenty-three young girls, between the ages of ten and twelve, were kept prisoner in a basement in the building, and that two died. Gittoes suggested that the gardener place the flowers.