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 (398)

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Nov. 04, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4760
Iraqi detainee at Abu Ghraib prison on a hunger strike was brought to the emergency room for treatment. He was re-hydrated via IV and returned to his cell.
July 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4744
Autopsy report and death certificate of Basim Mohammed Hussein held at Baghdad International Airport, died July 12, 2003 of hemoptysis caused by tuberculosis. Related to ACLU RDI: 71, 995 & 1053. CID#: 0014-03-CID919-63732
Apr. 11, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4741
Medical records of a 25 year-old Iraqi male with shrapnel to flank and amputation injury. The medical records do not state how the gentleman received his injuries and does not give any personal information on the him.
Mar. 30, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4739
Medical records of an Iraqi male, 63 years-old, with a gunshot wound to his left chest. The medical records do not give any indication as to how he received his injuries or any personal information on the gentleman.
Mar. 30, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4737
This document contains the medical records from numerous detainees during April and March of 2003. The records are not separated to distinguish from one patient to another. However, the records cover the medical treatment of numerous Iraqi Enemy ...
Mar. 31, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4738
Medical report of Iraq civilian re: gunshot wound to the hand. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the gentleman received his injuries or any personal information.
Dec. 16, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2683
List of soldiers assigned to duty of Detainee Guard times with emails attached discussing the shift assignements.
Jan. 09, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2678
Cable issued to ensure that all civilian internees and enemy prisoners of War (POWs) are properly processed and treated humanely. The cable states that some capturing units may not be able to detain those captured and that some ...
Dec. 24, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2595
Sworn statement of an Iraqi Civilian concerning an Iraqi woman and her two (2) brothers who are involved in anti-coalition activities. The statement claims that the woman is the "mastermind" of the terrorist cell and her two brothers are aligned ...
Dec. 27, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2568
Statement regarding a female detainee who was "detained for being the main financier of anti-Coalition activities in the Azimiyah area of Baghdad." States that detainee was "a known cell leader in the Azimiyah area" and gave money to her brothers ...