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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This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of Manadel Al-Jamadi, a detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison. The Report states that Mr. Al-Jamadi was taken in to custody by Navy SEALs and sustained injuries during his capture that led to his death. It ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Physical assault, General, Stomach/abdominal slap, Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
This is the Autopsy Report of Husham Nafit Ghafar, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Ghafar died from a shotgun blast. The Report states that Mr. Ghafar was killed ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Husham Nafit Ghafar
Physical assault
This is the Autopsy Report Autopsy Report: Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Al-Juwadi had suddenly collapsed & became unresponsive. ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi
This is the Autopsy Report for Hassan Ekab Ahmed, a detainee at the, Central Collection Facility (CCF), Tikrit, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Ahmed was found in his bed, unresponsive, breathless and without a pulse. The Report states that when ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Hassan Ekab Ahmed
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
This is the Autopsy Report of Wathik Salah Mihdy, a 50 year old detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison, Baghdad, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Mihdy suffered from blockage of the blood vessels supplying blood to his heart & brain. Cause of Death: ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Wathik Salah Mihdy
This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of Dilar Dababa, who died while in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Dababa was injured when he was re-captured following an escape from custody. It is reported that Mr. Dababa when US forces ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Dilar Dababa
Physical assault, Stomach/abdominal slap
This is the Autopsy Report for Nasef J. Ibrahim, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib Prison. It is reported that Mr. Ibrahim suffered from cardiac ailments, including a cardiac tamponade. Cause of Death: ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Nasef Ibrahim
This is the Autopsy Report of Fras Moazahim Habib, a detainee of the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Habib died from a shotgun blast. The Report states that Mr. Habib was killed when ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Fras Moazahim Habib
Physical assault
This is the Autopsy Report Autopsy Report: Abduhl Kaddim Altia, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Altia had complained of chest pain before collapsing and becoming ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Abduhl Kaddim Altia