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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Medical records of a 33 year-old Iraqi detainee who was shot in the right thigh causing a fractured femur and he also suffered third (3rd) degree burns to both feet. The medical records do not state how the detainee received his injuries and does ...
Oct. 04, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
Memo from General Miller re: Allegations of inhumane treatment of detainees. General Miller directs the interrogators at Guantanamo to cease the use of the "Fear-Up Harsh" interrogation; only DOD personnel may approve interrogation plans; ...
Medical records of a 50 year-old Iraqi male, Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) admitted to hospital with gunshot wound to the abdomen and associated injuries. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee received his injuries, ...
June 16, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, General
Medical records of Iraqi detainee, confirmed to be an Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW). Medical conditions included, gunshot wound to the right knee, causing a fracture and a concussion. The additional reports in the record state that the detainee ...
June 16, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier witnessed the Captain kicking and threatening detainees with a gun and treating them in a disrespectful way. Soldier witnessed the captain ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General, Threat, Assault/death, Mock Burial
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier witnessed the captain yelling and kicking a detainee. This document relates to an AR 15-6 investigations in to alleged detainee abuse at ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General, Threat, Assault/death
Sworn statement of a Soldier who witnessed a Captain taking a detainee in to the desert and making a detainee dig his own grave. He also states that a Staff Sargent fired a live round at or near the detainees. This document relates to an AR 15-6 ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General, Threat, Assault/death, Mock Burial
Sworn statements of investigation of detainee abuse at Ramadi Palace, Iraq – July 11-12, 2003. Two soldiers were seen kicking bound detainees who were in custody. The soldiers were told that the Geneva conventions apply to all captured EPWs, but ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, General
Details abuse of Iraqi detainee at Gunner Collection Point. During interrogation of detainee, an Army officer threatened to shoot detainee. Held detainee's head in barrel and shot into the barrel. Discusses Article 32 investigation.
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General, Assault/death, Threat
63 year-old male detainee diagnosed with traumatic osteoarthritis of right elbow, Constipation and Pitting Edema. This document is related to ACLU RDI 77. He was part of fourty-four Iraqi detainees who were allegedly abused by U.S. soldiers while ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault