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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Dec. 19, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5511
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
Dec. 03, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5502
A CID investigation into the death of Jaseem Emad, a detainee at the Baghdad central Concentration Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib on August 22, 2005. Mr Emad died from "gunshot wounds to the abdomen, left shoulder, and left hip" received in "an ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Jaseem Emad
Physical assault
May 15, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5870
This is a CID investigation into the death of Abdullah Fawzzi, a detainee at the 115th Combat Support Hospital (CSH), Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF) Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq on January 30, 2005. Mr. Fawzzi was initially a patient of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Abdulla Fawzzi
Physical assault
Apr. 05, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5647
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Salmany Tawfeeek, a detainee who died at Camp Victory, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Tawfeek was shot during a disturbance at the Camp. Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound to the Head; Manner of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Salmany Tawfeeek
Physical assault
Mar. 29, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5648
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Ismail Hammed Abid, a detainee who died at Camp Victory, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Abid was shot during a disturbance at the Camp. Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound to the Chest; Manner of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Ismail Hammed Abid
Physical assault
Mar. 14, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5649
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Mahmood Ismaeel Mosa Mousa Al Jbori, a detainee who died at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Al Jbori died during a prison riot when he was shot. ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Mahmood Ismaeel Mosa Mousa Al Jbori
Physical assault
Aug. 31, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5641
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of an Unknown Iraqi Male. Cause of Death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds; Manner of Death: Homicide.
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Physical assault
Mar. 30, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5868
This is a CID investigation into the involvement of four (4) American soldiers of 3 Platoon; C Company; 1/41st Infantry Regiment in the unlawful killing of three (3) Iraqi civilians. The civilians: Arkem Yosef Rahim; Maitham; & an Unnamed Iraqi ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault
May 27, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5485
A CID prosecution of a Sergeant First Class (SFC) for the murder of Iraqi civilian, Salih Taher Khaleefa, and the maltreatment of an unidentified Iraqi juvenile. The investigation found that the SFC "shot and killed Mr. Khaleefa without ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Salih Taher Khaleefa
Physical assault, General, Face slap or insult slap, Threat, Assault/death, Other Humiliation
Mar. 14, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5650
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Khaleed Yassen Hamad Hamed Al Mu Farji, a detainee who died at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Al Mu Farji died during a prison riot when he was ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death))
Khaleed Yassen Hamad Hamed Al Mu Farji
Physical assault