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.

Search Result (32)

RelevanceDateRelease Date
Oct. 21, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1664
Medical report on a 20 year-old Iraqi insurgent wounded in a firefight with Coalition Forces. The report states the insurgent fired upon Coalition Forces and was return fired upon. As the insurgent attempted to explode an Improvised Explosive ...
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement)
General, Physical assault
Oct. 26, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1665
Medical records of a 25 year-old Iraqi male detainee from Abu Ghraib prison. The detainee was shot in the arm and leg. The medical report does not indicate the circumstances under which the detainee suffered his injuries.
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
Oct. 30, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1666
Medical records for a 39 year-old Iraqi civilian being held at Abu Ghraib Prison. The man was shot multiple times in the pelvis region and was pronounced dead at 2205 hrs (10:05 p.m.) on October 30, 2003. The Cause of Death was Gunshot wounds.
Oct. 30, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1667

Death Certificate: 39-Year-Old Male Iraqi Detainee - Internee (Civilian), Abu Ghraib Prison, Baghdad, Iraq (Homicide). Related to ACLU-RDI 1666

Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
Physical assault, General
Oct. 30, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1668
Medical admission form for 30 year-old male Iraqi civilian admitted for gunshot wound to the head - open skull fracture. Patient declared "Deceased". The decedent was listed as a Prisoner of War (POW) - Internee, but the facility where he was ...
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
Physical assault, General
Oct. 30, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1669
Death Certificate of an Iraqi Civilian of unknown age. Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound to the Head - Open Skull Fracture; Cause and location of death not included.
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
Physical assault, General
Oct. 30, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1670
Medical records of a 43 year-old Iraqi male, Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) admitted to hospital with gunshot wound to the legs and flank with associated injuries. The medical records state the detainee received his injuries in a shootout with the ...
Nov. 03, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1671
Death Certificate: 25-Year-Old Iraqi Male, Detainee, Baghdad, Iraq (Homicide)
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
General, Physical assault
Oct. 31, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1672
Medical records for a 25 year-old Iraqi Male, Detainee, Baghdad, Iraq re: Gunshot Wound to buttocks and legs. On November 2, 2003 the patient became hemodynamically unstable and went in to cardiac arrest. the patient was given Advanced Life ...
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, General
Nov. 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1673
Medical records of a 25 year-old Iraqi male, Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) admitted to hospital with gunshot wound to the head with associated injuries. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee received his injuries or ...