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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Male detainee, Abduhl Kaddim Altia, died while in US custody in Abu Ghraib prison. Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Manner of Death: Natural.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Abduhl Kaddim Altia
This medical report is an incomplete medical record of Basim Mohammed Hussein's diagnosis and treatment while in custody at Camp, Cuervo, Baghdad International Airport. Mr. Hussein died sometime later and the cause of Death was: Hemoptysis ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Basim Mohammed Hussein
63 year-old male detainee diagnosed with traumatic osteoarthritis of right elbow, Constipation and Pitting Edema. This document is related to ACLU RDI 77. He was part of fourty-four Iraqi detainees who were allegedly abused by U.S. soldiers while ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
Medical record relating to investigation of 31 year-old male enemy prisoner of war who was picked up in a raid and brought to enemy prisoner of war camp. The detainee was interrogated on March 19, 2004. The report notes that detainee was ...
Medical report of a 27-year-old Iraqi male concerning his medical treatment following an allegation that a U.S. soldier repeatedly punched him in the stomach and that Kurds kicked him in the legs during interrogation in custody at the Baghdad ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, General
A 22 year-old male detainee reports while being interrogated that he was punched in the chest, choked and punched in the back. Happened six days prior to visit at the Al-Mahmudiyah Airport. No bruising evident.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Stomach/abdominal slap, General, Physical assault
Medical record of a 30-year-old male detainee who reported that he was hit on the head and shoulders with a pistol repeatedly. The incident happened three weeks prior to medical examination. Multiple healing wounds and scars were found on ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
a medical screening form for a 33 year-old Iraqi male detainee. The medical report does not indicate any abuse or current injuries. The report notes a burn on the patient's lower back, but gives no indication as to how the injury was incurred or ...
25 year-old male detainee was in a fist-fight, no abrasions anywhere, no lacerations, bruising. The detainee later claimed to have been assaulted by a Military Police Officer, but that allegation was proven to be unfounded. The incident is from ...
Medical Screening from July 2004 of a 19 year-old Iraqi Male at Camp Cuervo, Baghdad, (0262-04-CID259-80294). This is a follow-up medical exam to permit the detainee to be medically cleared for transfer.