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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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
Oct. 26, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5638
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Awad Hasan Munthir, a detainee who died in custody at Camp Bucca, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Munthir was depressed and acting as a loner within the facility for several months. The ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Awad Hasan Munthir
Oct. 14, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 4527
CID investigation into allegations of prisoner maltreatment/abuse at Camp Cropper, Iraq. The investigation established probable cause to believe that eleven (11) members of the Military Police assigned to Camp Cropper engaged in cruelty and ...
Oct. 01, 2008
Investigative File (CID)
Face slap or insult slap, General, Assault/death, Temperature, Sexual, Physical assault, Threat, Environmental manipulation, Other Humiliation
Oct. 20, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2286
Detainee alleged that he was abused while in custody of U.S. forces. The detainee claims he was beaten, sexually assaulted and had his property stolen. Once released, detainee filed a complaint and told his story on Hardball with Chris Matthews. ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Nudity, Sexual, Other Humiliation
Oct. 16, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2283
Investigation into death of detainee after he was interrogated. The cause of death was undetermined but was investigated for murder. A sergeant stated that he struck the detainee with the butt of his weapon while trying to subdue him and the ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, General
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