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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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
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
Nov. 20, 2007 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5687
This is the Autopsy Report for Hatem Krarem Lateef, a detainee who died at the 31st Combat Support Hospital (CSH) on July 4, 2007. It is reported that Mr. Lateef was admitted to the CSH after receiving numerous battlefield injuries including ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Hatem Krarem Lateef
Physical assault
Sept. 04, 2007 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5924
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Hader Ali Hussein. It is reported that Mr. Hussein was physically assaulted by other detainees and subsequently suffered a massive myocardial infarction, and died "despite medical treatment.Cause ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hader Ali Hussein
Physical assault
Dec. 12, 2007 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5551
This is a CID investigation into the death Mohammed Ajimi Al-Isawi, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. Mr. Al-Sawai's body was found burred in a shallow grave on the camp grounds on August 12, 2007. It is ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Mohammed Ajimi Al-Isawi
Physical assault
Dec. 04, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5871
A CID investigation into the shooting death of Ali Jidek Azmer Shakur, 66 y/o Iraqi civilian employee of the Kirkuk Ministry. Mr. Shakur was shot by 2nd Squad of 1st Platoon, B Co, 2-116 on West River Road, Kirkuk, Iraq on September 21, 2005. It ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ali Jidek Azmer Shaku
Physical assault
Nov. 29, 2007 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5920
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Layith Husayn Khalaf Al Fahadwi, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Cropper, Tent 4, Compound 4. On November 11, 2007 soldiers were alerted that Mr. Al Fahadwi was not well. He was ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Layith Husayn Khalaf Al Fahadwi
Physical assault
July 06, 2006 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5667
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Hashim Ibrahim Awad, a.k.a. Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi, 52 y/o Iraqi Male, Hamdani, Iraq, June 8, 2006. Cause of Death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds; Manner of Death: Homicide.
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi
Physical assault
Oct. 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5619
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
Jan. 23, 2008 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5679
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Thair Hamid Khalaf Hassan Al Alwani, an Iraqi detainee killed while being transported between detention centers. It is reported that Mr. A Alwani was shot by the soldier guarding him when Mr. Al ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Thair Hamid Khalaf Hassan Alwani
Physical assault