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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June 18, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5623
This is the Autopsy Report Autopsy Report: Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Al-Juwadi had suddenly collapsed & became unresponsive. ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi
Mar. 24, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5867
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
Feb. 09, 2008 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5567
This is a CID investigation in to the actions of a Sergeant with "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment (2/12), Combat Outpost (COP) Chosen, Iraq. The Sergeant (SGT) was initially suspected, accused and eventually confessed to ...
June 29, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5627
This is the Autopsy Report for Hassan Ekab Ahmed, a detainee at the, Central Collection Facility (CCF), Tikrit, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Ahmed was found in his bed, unresponsive, breathless and without a pulse. The Report states that when ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Hassan Ekab Ahmed
Feb. 28, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5571
This is a CID investigation in to the reported killing and mutilation of an unarmed Afghani civilian in Helmand Province Afghanistan by a Special Forces soldier. This CID investigation alleges that a Master Sergeant (MSG) shot the Afghani male on ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Unknown Afghan Male, Foward Operating Base Robinson, Helmand Provence, Afganistan, March 1, 2008
Physical assault, Other Humiliation, Other
Mar. 30, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5631
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Tariq Sadig Abdul Jussain Alubaydi, a detainee at Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Alubaydi was complaining of chest pain while in detention. He was taken to the TIF hospital, ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Tarig Sadig Abdel Hussein Aldbaidi
July 31, 2007 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5691
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
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
Sept. 10, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5515
This is a CID investigation into the death of Ahmed Salih Khtheer, a detainee shot following a roadside stop and search in Samarra, Iraq on January 6, 2006. A US Army patrol operating out of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Brassfield-Mora, Samarra, ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ahmed Salih Khtheer
Physical assault, General
Jan. 16, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5575
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