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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This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Saad Mohammed Abdullah, a detainee at Camp Ghanci, Abu Ghraib Prison. It is reported that Mr. Abdullah was experiencing a medical emergency while on the camp compound. The Report states that ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Saad Mohammed Abdullah
This is the Autopsy Report of Ahmed N. Al Zarjawi, a detainee at Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Al Zarjawi was found unconscious, breathless and without a pulse. CPR and other life saving measures were initiated, but failed ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Ahmed Menkhi Al-Zarjawl
This is the Autopsy Report of Husham Nafit Ghafar, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Ghafar died from a shotgun blast. The Report states that Mr. Ghafar was killed ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Husham Nafit Ghafar
Physical assault
This is the Autopsy Report of Muhammad Nahar, a detainee being processed in at the Marine Detention Facility, Baghdad, Iraq when he suffered a medical emergency and died. It is reported that Mr. Nahar was a 71 year old detainee suffering from ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Muhammed Numan Nahar
This is the Autopsy Report of Sher Mohammed Khan, a detainee at the Regional Interrogation Facility (RIF),Salerno Firebase, Afghanistan. It is reported that while Mr. Khan was being processed in to the RIF he stated that he was bitten by a snake ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Haji Sher Mohammad
This is the Autopsy Report of Fras Moazahim Habib, a detainee of the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Habib died from a shotgun blast. The Report states that Mr. Habib was killed when ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Fras Moazahim Habib
Physical assault
This is the Autopsy Report Autopsy Report: Abduhl Kaddim Altia, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Altia had complained of chest pain before collapsing and becoming ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Abduhl Kaddim Altia
This is the Autopsy Report of Fawaz Badaa Najem, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Najem was found by another detainee gasping for air. The Report states that Mr. ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Fawaz Badaa Najem
This is the Autopsy Report of Riadh Mohammed Abd Al Razak, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Al Razak suffered from coronary artery disease and a previous heart ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Riadh Mohammed Abd Al Razak
This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of an unknown Iraqi male detainee believed to be Hamza Hassad Twfeek Najm Byaty Al-Zubydy, who died while en route between prisons. It is reported that the detainee experienced an unknown medical ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hamza Hassad Tawfeek Najm Byaty