After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.

This database documents the U.S. government's official experiment with torture. At present, the database contains well over 100,000 pages of government documents obtained primarily through Freedom of Information Act litigation and requests filed by the ACLU, and through litigation of Salim v. Mitchell, a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of the survivors and the family of a dead victim of the CIA torture program. To learn more about the database, please read the About and Search Help pages. If you're a developer, you can also access this data through our API.

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Sept. 10, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5515
This is a CID investigation into the death of Ahmed Salih Khtheer, a detainee shot following a roadside stop and search in Samarra, Iraq on January 6, 2006. A US Army patrol operating out of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Brassfield-Mora, Samarra, ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ahmed Salih Khtheer
Physical assault, General
Jan. 16, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5575
This is a CID investigation into the death of Abdul Wali, a detainee at the Bagram Airfield (BAF), Afghanistan on December 19, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Wali was in his cell when he experienced a medical emergency. The soldier who responded ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Abdul Wali
Mar. 29, 2006 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5635
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Abid-Es Hamad-Mashadani, a detainee who died while in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Hamad-Mashadani was transferred to the 344th Field Hospital (FH) from a detention center. Upon arrival at ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Abid-Es Hamad-Mashadani
May 11, 2007 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5695
This is the Autopsy report & Death Certificate for Umar Sa'ad Nassir Jabrin, a 22-year-old Saudi detainee. The Report states that Mr. Jabrin was found deceased in a garbage dumpster at the interment facility. Cause of Death: Multiple Blunt Force ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Umar Sa'ad Nassir Jabrin
General, Physical assault
Aug. 04, 2008 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5579
This is a CID investigation in to the death Ala Shnaywir Karim, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that on April 3, 2008 Mr. Karim was ill with vomiting. He was evaluated and it was ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Ala Shnaywir Karim
Oct. 24, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5639
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Ahmed Ismail Al Wani Atawi detainee who died at the Camp Bucca Security Hospital on August 4, 2005. It is reported that Mr. Atawi suffered from multiple serious illnesses that ultimately led to ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Ahmed Ismail Al Wani Atawi
May 01, 2008 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5699
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Walid Tawfiq Jabar an Iraqi civilian, who died while being interrogated at the Regional Detention Facility (RDF), Camp Al Asad, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Jabar fainted while being ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Walid Tawfiq Jabar
May 02, 2008 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5712
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Luay Mustafa Razzaq Abd-Al, a detainee who died at the Special Housing Unit at Camp cropper, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Abd-al was found hanging in his cell by his pants that he made into a ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Luay Mustafa Razzaq Abd Al
Jan. 08, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5592
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Thabet Kalif Jabout, a detainee the 115th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that on August 19, 2008 Mr. Jabout was admitted to the ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Thabet Kalif Jabout
Oct. 13, 2008 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5593
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Khalil Khadir Mohammad Al-Salhat, a detainee the 115th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq on October 6, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Al-Salhat had ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Khalil Khadir Mohammad Al-Salhat