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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Dec. 09, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3710
Fax cover sheet from Beth Ryley to June Carter-Perry re letter from Boven on torture.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Beth Ryley
June Carter-Perry
Jan. 30, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3711
State Department Cable stateing that the U.S. Mission received a letter from Theo van Boven re: Letter equesting to visit Guantanamo to investigate information regarding "the physical and mental integrity of persons held at the Guantanamo Bay ...
Feb. 17, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 3712
This document is a fax from Eric Schwartz, CEO of OHCHR to Amb. Moley forwarding a Letter from Betrande Ramcharan (CHR) to Lorne Craner requesting information re: juvenile detainees at Guantanamo including ages, nationalities and measures being ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Eric Schwartz
Kevin Edward Moley
Kevin Edward Moley, Lorne Craner
Aug. 21, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3709
Fax cover sheet from Beth Ryley to Linda Muncy and Tom Johnson re: Correspondence Received from UNHCHR
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Beth Ryley
Linda Muncy | Tom Johnson
Oct. 08, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3705
State Department Cable forwarding a letter to the U.S. Mission from Boven re: Riduan "Hambali" Isamuddin.
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Theo van Boven
Riduan "Hambali" Isamuddin
Oct. 22, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3706
Fax from Beth Ryley to Linda Muncy and Tom Johnson re: Correspondence Received from UNHCHR
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Beth Ryley
Linda Muncy | Tom Johnson
Oct. 08, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3707
Letter to the U.S. Mission from Theo van Boven, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on torture, requesting that the U.S. respond to previous correspondence concerning allegations of mistreatment of detainees in U.S. custody.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Theo van Boven
Kevin Edward Moley
Kevin Edward Moley
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3703
Fax cover sheet from Beth Ryley to Linda Muncy and Tom Johnson re: Working Group on Communications
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Beth Ryley
Linda Muncy | Tom Johnson
Oct. 07, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3704
Fax from Beth Ryley to Linda Muncy and Tom Johnson re attached letter from Theo Van Boven. The letter is addressed to Kevin Moley and reminds him of the obligations to refrain from torture and to investigate allegations. The letter poses ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Beth Ryley
Linda Muncy | Tom Johnson
Mar. 01, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3701
Opinion Editorial on Guantanamo Detainees from Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues. The Op-Ed states that terrorists need not be granted POW status under Article 4 of the Geneva Convention but should be ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Pierre-Richard Prosper