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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May 23, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4459
Letter from Edward Davey Member of the UK House of Commons expressing concerns about the continuing detention of his constituent at Guantanamo and requesting information and access to the gentleman.
Jan. 12, 2005
Letter
Edward Davey
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3684
Letter from Alexander Karagiannis Director, United Kingdom, Benelux, and Ireland Affairs assuring UK MP Clark that detainees held under US control in Guantanamo are still treated humanely depsite their lack of POW status.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Alexander Karagiannis
Helen Clark
Aug. 21, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3702
Letter from Theo van Boven, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture to Amb. Moley concerning the detention of Riduan "Hambali" Isamuddin. Mr. van Boven expresses his opinion that Mr. Isamuddin is in "secret" U.S. detention and is being held ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Theo van Boven
Kevin Edward Moley
Kevin Edward Moley
Riduan "Hambali" Isamuddin
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
May 11, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3715
This letter is from U.N. Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights and Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Asma Jahanglr to U.S. Ambassador Moley, the U.S. Permanet Representative of the U.S. to the U.N. in Geneva. the ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Asma Jahangir
Kevin Edward Moley
Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Mar. 05, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3716
Fax cover sheet from S. Randi-Azarakhchi to Kevin Moley re press release by Boven on reports of abuse of Iraqi prisoners.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Soussan Raadi-Azarakhchi
Kevin Edward Moley
Kevin Edward Moley
May 03, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3717
Theo van Boven, U.N. Special Rapporteur issued press release expressing concern about reports of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of Iraqi detainees by United States of America and United Kingdom military forces serving ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
Theo van Boven
June 30, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3723
Fax cover sheet from Soussen Azarakhchi to U.S. Mission re attached letter to Powell from Boven.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Emmanuelle Gilland | Soussan Raadi-Azarakhchi
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
June 30, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3724
Letter from Theo van Boven as Chairperson of the Eleventh Meeting of Mandate Holders to Sec. of State Colin Powell re: Special Rapporteurs/Representatives statement.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Theo van Boven
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
July 19, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3725
Statement from Rapporteurs asking to visit detainees detained on grounds of alleged terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo and elsewhere. Next to elsewhere, handwritten note: "Russia and China, Pakistan and Egypt."
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Theo van Boven
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell