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 (280)

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Apr. 29, 2008 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5801
This is an NCIS investigation into the death of Walid Tawfiq Jabar, and Iraqi civilian who died at the Regional Detention Facility (RDF), Camp Al Asad, Iraq. On Oct. 19th, 2008 Mr. Jabar "fainted" while being interrogated. Mr. Jabar was without a ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Walid Tawfiq Jabar
Dec. 06, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5728
This is an NCIS investigation of the death of Muhammed Numan Nahar, a 71 year old Iraqi national who died at Camp Al Qaim on October 2, 2004. Mr. Nahar was captured near the Syrian Boarder and taken to Camp Al Qaim for detention and ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Muhammed Numan Nahar
Aug. 20, 2007 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5761
This is an NCIS investigation into the death of Hasan Salih Mohammed, an Iraqi civilian who died following a Task Force 88 raid in Tawara Iraq on February 5, 2007. Mr. Mohammed died of unknown causes while being taken in to custody. His body was ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Letter, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Hasan Salih Mohammed
June 27, 2006 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5781
This is an NCIS investigation into the death of Adnan Eid Abbass, an Iraqi national who died in the custody of USMC while being transported to the Detention Facility at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Camp Korean Village, Iraq. Mr. Abbass was one of ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Adnan Eid Abbass
Oct. 05, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5724
This is an NCIS investigation of the death of Muhammed Numan Nahar, a 71 year old Iraqi national who died at Camp Al Qaim on October 2, 2004. Mr. Nahar was captured near the Syrian Boarder and taken to Camp Al Qaim for detention and ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Muhammed Numan Nahar
Aug. 02, 2007 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5762
This is an NCIS investigation into the death of Hasan Salih Mohammed, an Iraqi civilian who died following a Task Force 88 raid in Tawara, Iraq on February 5, 2007. Mr. Mohammed died of unknown causes while being taken in to custody. His body was ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Notes, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Hasan Salih Mohammed
Physical assault, General
July 03, 2005 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5813
This is an NCIS investigation into the death of Abu Bachir, a Syrian National. Marines and Iraqi National Guard Forces (ING) stopped and searched a vehicle coming from the direction of Syria. A Red Opal a taxi with three (3) passengers. As the ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Transcript, Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Abu Bachir
July 20, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5484
A CID investigation into the death of an Iraqi detainee Mobass Fahad at Abu Ghraib Prison on November 15, 2004 from Acute Myocarditis. Mr. Fahad was reported to have a history of seizures and asthma. He was treated at the Camp hospital, and was ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Fahad Mobas
Jan. 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5603
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
May 19, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5503
This is a CID investigation into the death of Esmail Hamadi Hamadi Al Mashdani. Mr. Mashdani was a detainee at Baghdad Central Concentration facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Iraq. While incarcerated Mr. Mashdani became ill, and died as a result of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Esmail Hamadi Hamadi Al Mashdani