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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Apr. 07, 2009 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5717
This is the Autopsy Report for Ahmad Awwad Ibrahim, a 21-year-old detainee who died at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF) Hospital, Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Ibrahim was witnessed by another detainee of dying in his ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Photograph, Medical (Autopsy)
Ahmad Awwad Ibrahim
Nov. 12, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5600
This is a CID investigation into the death of Adnan Naif Hamid, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Taji, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Hamid was admitted to the TIF on May 7th and underwent medical screening. At the medical ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Adnan Naif Hamid
Sept. 21, 2009 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5713
An autopsy report for Muhammad A. Al-Saaida, a 44-year-old detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Al-Saaida was witnessed to be having a medical emergency in his housing unit, ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Muhammed Abd Frayh Al-Saaida
Oct. 07, 2009 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5714
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Mahmud Al Juburi Fallah Ismail. It is reported that Mr. Fallah Ismail was shot while being taken in to custody. The Report states that Mr. Fallah Ismail broke loose from his restraints and ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Mahmud Al Juburi Fallah Ismail
Physical assault
Feb. 02, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5582
This is a CID Report in to the death of Muhammad Najib Abu-Wafa Ali, a detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF) Hospital, Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq on September 1, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Ali was witnessed falling when exiting his ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Muhammad Najib Abu-Wafa Ali
May 10, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5574
This is a CID investigation in to the death of a detainee in Hutal City, Afghanistan, on December 4, 2008, and the death of a Department of Defense (DOD) Human Terrain Team (HTT) Member who died of injuries sustained in the same incident. This ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Abdul Salam
Physical assault
June 02, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5569
This is a CID investigation in to the reported death of an unnamed Iraqi male. The investigation was initiated when the CID investigator received an request to investigate an allegation that a member of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), ...
Jan. 22, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5514
This is a CID investigation into the death of Nawab Buntangyar, a combatant in Afghanistan. Mr. Buntangyar was engaging US & Afghani Security Forces (ASF) near Fire Base (FB) Chamkani, Afghanistan on October 13, 2006. Mr. Buntangyar was given ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Nawab Buntangyar
Physical assault
July 08, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5596
A CID investigation into the conduct of 21 soldiers involved in murdering four Iraqi detainees, including charges of Murder, Conspiracy, Failure to Report, False Official Statement, and Obstruction of Justice. Three soldiers "committed the ...
Oct. 02, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5597
This is a CID investigation into the reported unlawful killing of two (2) unknown Iraqi civilians. This Investigation was initiated upon a tip made by a family member of a soldier. The family member claimed that the soldier unlawfully killed two ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault