| Accession Number | P04237.011 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Print |
| Maker |
Gittoes, George Noel |
| Place made | Iraq: Baghdad |
| Date made | 28th 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. |
Local men, relatives of an executed prisoner, examine nooses and a trap door at a gallows in Abu ...
Description
Local men, relatives of an executed prisoner, examine nooses and a trap door at a gallows in Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. The men arrived at the prison too late to recover the body, so took a piece of rope for burial. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of political prisoners were executed or tortured at Abu Ghraib during Saddam Hussein's regime. Australian artist George Gittoes visited the prison on 28 April 2003. Relatives of people who had been killed were searching for the remains of loved ones. They found bodies, hastily buried in a garden and vegetable patch. Coalition forces eventually found 993 unmarked graves at the prison, which was subsequently used by American forces to hold alleged insurgents.