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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A CID investigation into the death of Qassim Hassim, an Iraqi civilian who was killed by an American Sergeant just outside Sadr City, Iraq. According to the report, a vehicle Mr. Hassim was was traveling in was stopped by US soldiers because it ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Qassim Hassim
Physical assault
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Khatab Aswad Salih, a detainee who died after being shot in Kirkuk, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Salih was shot by US Forces on June 23, 2007. The Report states that Mr. Salih survived the ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Khatab Aswad Salih
Physical assault
This is a CID investigation into the death of Raad Hikmet Ahmed, a detainee who died at Camp Charlie field hospital, Al-Hillah, Iraq on March 22, 2006. On March 19th, Mr. Ahmed was brought to the camp by Iraqi Police Forces (IP), and left in the ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Raad Hikmet Ahmed
Physical assault, General, Use of electricity