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 (95)

RelevanceDateRelease Date
July 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1154
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier states he saw the Captain kicking a detainee and threatening the detainee while yelling at him. This document relates to an AR 15-6 ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death
July 14, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1155
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier witnessed the captain kicking a detainee and threatening him with a loaded weapon while yelling at him. This document relates to an AR ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death
July 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1150
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier states he saw the Captain kicking a detainee and threatening the detainee with a gun while yelling at him. This document relates to an AR ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death
July 12, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1151
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier states he saw the Captain threatening the detainee with a gun while yelling at him. This document relates to an AR 15-6 investigations in ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death
July 12, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1148
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier states he saw the Captain kicking the detainees and stepping on them with the “a lot of pressure”. This document relates to an AR 15-6 ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault
July 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1149
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier states he saw the Captain kicking a detainee and stepping on him with his boot while yelling at the detainee. This document relates to an ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault
July 15, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1147
Sworn statement of a Soldier who witnessed a Captain taking a detainee in to the desert and making a detainee dig his own grave. He also states that a Staff Sargent fired a live round at or near the detainees. This document relates to an AR 15-6 ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General, Threat, Assault/death, Mock Burial
July 31, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1138
Sworn statements of investigation of detainee abuse at Ramadi Palace, Iraq – July 11-12, 2003. Two soldiers were seen kicking bound detainees who were in custody. The soldiers were told that the Geneva conventions apply to all captured EPWs, but ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, General
Dec. 04, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1115
Details abuse of Iraqi detainee at Gunner Collection Point. During interrogation of detainee, an Army officer threatened to shoot detainee. Held detainee's head in barrel and shot into the barrel. Discusses Article 32 investigation.
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General, Assault/death, Threat
Oct. 25, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1090
15 yea- old male was raped in hardcell by two other inmates. Speaks reluctantly and fearfully. Examined 12 hours after the rape. No evidence of bruising or physical trauma.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Sexual, Physical assault