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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Death Certificate for Iraqi male who died of Natural causes - Myocardial Infarction (MI); Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD). The decedent was a prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison in U.S. Custody. On or about 20 Aug 2003 he was noted to ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Taleb Ehad Kazen
Iraqi male civilian, Saad Mohammed Abdullah, was a detainee of the U.S. Armed Forces at Camp Ghanci, Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq. He was brought to the main gate unconscious by other detainees. The decedent reported an inability to urinate to medics ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Saad Mohammed Abdullah
Detainee, Dahm Spah, was an inmate of Abu Ghraib Prison. On or about August 13, 2003 Mr. Spah was brought to the gate by other detainees and was noted to be pulseless and aprieic. Cause of Death: Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Dahm Spah
Detainee, Nasef Jasem Ibrahim, died while in U.S. custody at Abu Ghraib prison. Mr. Ibraham, died of natural causes (Cardiac Tamponade as a result of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease). Mr. Ibraham was brought unconscious to one of the ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy)
Nasef Ibrahim
This 75 year old male, an Iraqi National, was a detainee at the Central Baghdad Detainee Facility (Abu Ghraib). On May 11, 2004 he reportedly abruptly collapsed and became unconscious. Resuscitation was initiated and continued during transport to ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi
Naif Sliman Amir, 27 year old male criminal detainee. Shot in chest and knee during a riot at the site. He was transported to the hospitalm, received treatment, but died of his wounds. Cause of Death: gunshot wound.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Naif Sliman Amir
Physical assault
25 year old Iraqi male detainee at Abu Ghraib prison collapsed without known cause or incident. The Cause of Death: Myocarditis; Manner of Death: Natural.
Abbas Alwan Fadil died while in US custody at Abu Ghraib prison. There is a verbal report only of pain. Cause of Death: Acute Myocardial Infarction 2nd: Peritonitis of undetermined etiology. Manner of Death: Natural
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Abbas Alwan Fadil
Autopsy Report of Hassan Ekab Ahmed, 61 years old. Died February 8, 2004, Tikrit, Iraq. Mr. Ahmed was discovered deceased in his bed when he failed to report to the morning head count procedure. The decedent reported a medical history of diabetes ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hassan Ekab Ahmed

a 55 year old male Iraqi detainee suffered an Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 2nd to Coronary Arty Disease on March 8, 2004 while in US custody. His past medical history includes hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and possibly two previous ...

Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Mohamad Abu Abbas