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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
Nov. 18, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5869
This is a CID investigation into the death of Hasan Abrahemy, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF) Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq on September 20, 2004. It is reported that Mr. Abrahemy was in Camp Redemption when he was ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Hasan Abrahemy
Physical assault
Nov. 22, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5624
This is the Autopsy Report Autopsy Report: Hussein Farhad Ali, a detainee who was captured by US forces in Mosul, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Ali died within 72 hours after being taken in to custody. The Report indicates that Mr. Ali suffered ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Hussein Farhad Ali
Use of water, Water dousing, Other, Physical assault, General, Face slap or insult slap, Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Nov. 24, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5616
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
Nov. 22, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1288
Circumstances of death are described as "died in US custody approximately 72 hours after being apprehended...physical force was required during his initial apprehension during a raid. During his confinement, he was hooded, sleep deprived, and ...