Iraq prison abuse scandals

Scandals

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About six months after the United States invasion of Iraq of 2003, rumors of Iraq prison abuse scandals started to emerge.

The best known abuse incidents occurred at the large Abu Ghraib prison. Graphic pictures of some of those abuse incidents were made public. Less well-known abuse incidents have been documented at American prisons throughout Iraq.

Iraqi prisons where abuse incidents have been documented

Abu Ghraib prison
  • beating death
  • sexual abuse and humiliation
  • stress positions
Camp Bucca
Camp Cropper
Camp Whitehorse
  • beating deaths
  • stress positions
Qaim
  • murder of Abed Hamed Mowhoush[1]
Samarra
  • mock executions, cigarette burns, choking, adolescent detainees.[2] beatings[3]

Official investigations into abuse incidents

common name mandate
Ryder Report
Taguba Report
Fay Report
Church Report

Timeline of events