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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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 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
This is a CID investigation into the death of Abdul Wali, a detainee at the Bagram Airfield (BAF), Afghanistan on December 19, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Wali was in his cell when he experienced a medical emergency. The soldier who responded ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Abdul Wali
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Thabet Kalif Jabout, a detainee the 115th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that on August 19, 2008 Mr. Jabout was admitted to the ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Thabet Kalif Jabout
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Khalil Khadir Mohammad Al-Salhat, a detainee the 115th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq on October 6, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Al-Salhat had ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Khalil Khadir Mohammad Al-Salhat
This is a CID investigation into the death of Isam Yunis Hamdan, a detainee being held at the Mosul Detention Facility, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Diamondback, Mosul Iraq on December 29, 2007. It is reported that prior to his being ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Isam Yunis Hamdan
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Taha Daher Muhammed Al-Ithawi, a detainee at the 31st Combat Support Hospital (CSH) at Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. On March 16, 2008 Mr. Al-Ithawi was admitted to the CSH complaining numerous ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Taha Daher Muhammed Al-Ithawi
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Luay Mustafa Razzaq Abd Al, a detainee at the Special Housing Unit 32, Camp Remembrance II, Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that April 4, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Razza Abd Al ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Luay Mustafa Razzaq Abd Al
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Jassam Aljuburi Awad, a detainee at the 31st Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Awad was admitted to the CSH on February ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Physical (non-death)), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Jassam Aljuburi Awad
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Mahmud Rashid Hasan, a detainee the 115th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq, on July 31, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Hasan was admitted to the CSH ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Mahmud Rashid Hasan