Understanding Prison
MENA Prison Forum in Berlin #2
Performance and presentation “ISIS Prisons Museum” / With Amer Matar and others / Arabic and English with German and English simultaneous translation
Discussion “From Mosul to Abu Ghraib: Talk about prison, torture and accountability in Iraq” / Wolfgang Kaleck in conversation with Katja Maurer / German with English simultaneous translation
- Dialogue
- Performance
Arabic /
German /
English /
with simultaneous translation /
approx. 120 min.
The MENA Prison Forum is dedicated to researching prison culture in the MENA region. The interdisciplinary, international network includes former prisoners, filmmakers, academics and activists from various countries. Together with medico international and HAU, the organisers are presenting parts of their work as a series of events at HAU which takes place instead of a conference planned for December 2023.
In the second edition of the series, its creators present the “ISIS Prisons Museum,” which was recently published after years of forensic work. The virtual museum uses digital technologies to document the sites of ISIS crimes. It combines digital online storytelling by former prisoners with exhibitions to raise public awareness of the crimes of ISIS and to support survivors. The subsequent discussion with German human rights lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck (ECCHR) will focus on the US occupation, which is also a chapter in the long history of torture and human rights violations in Iraqi prisons. In 2006, Kaleck filed a complaint with the Attorney General against the then US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld and other high-ranking Pentagon executives. The accusation: war crimes and serious human rights violations against the prisoners in Abu Ghraib. The talk takes a look back while at the same time asking about the significance of Abu Ghraib today.
Dates
Current
Credits
A cooperation by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, medico international, MENA Prison Forum, UMAM D&R, Prisons Museum, ECCHR.
Location
HAU1
Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Access to the Parkett by means of a separate entrance with lift when necessary. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can be booked via the ticketing system. If you need any help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email at
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