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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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
June 06, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5479
This is a CID investigation into the death of Zaidan Kalaf Hassan, an Iraqi civilian who was shot during a search of his residence. It is reported that after the members of "A" Company, 1-8 Infantry breached the outer gates of Mr. Hassan's ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Legal Memo, Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Letter, Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes), Judicial (Affidavit/Declaration)
Zaidan Kalaf Hassan
Physical assault
July 06, 2006 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5667
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Hashim Ibrahim Awad, a.k.a. Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi, 52 y/o Iraqi Male, Hamdani, Iraq, June 8, 2006. Cause of Death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds; Manner of Death: Homicide.
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi
Physical assault
Aug. 15, 2006 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5661
This is the Autopsy Report of Amer Ibrahim Mussa-Muhammed, Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Mussa-Muhammed was found in the detainee barracks with a string tied around his neck, no signs of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Amer Ibrahim Mussa-Muhammed
Physical assault
Aug. 16, 2006 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5668
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Ibrahim Ismail, a detainee who died at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Ibrahim was admitted to the BCCF on May 26th, and ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Ibrahim Ismail
Physical assault
Oct. 04, 2006 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5673
This is tha Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Rasoul Jabal Daraj, detainee of the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Daraj sustained his head injury as the result of an assault by fellow inmates. ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Rasoul Jabal Daraj
Physical assault
Oct. 08, 2006 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5749
This is an NCIS investigation into the death of Ismail Na-Ama Ahmed, an Iraqi civilian who died following a beating he received by Iraqi Police (IP) following his arrest and detention at the Echo Company Forward Operating Base (FOB) Haditha, ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ismail Na-Ama Ahmed
Physical assault, General
Oct. 25, 2006 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5748
This is an NCIS investigation into the death of Ismail Na-Ama Ahmed, an Iraqi civilian who died following a beating he received by Iraqi Police (IP) following his arrest and detention at the Echo Company Forward Operating Base (FOB) Haditha, ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Email, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Ismail Na-Ama Ahmed
Physical assault, General
Nov. 17, 2006 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5658
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Ezaldin Awand Hazzaa Al Doulaimee, an Iraqi who was shot in a firefight with US Army personnel on September 30, 2006. It is reported that Mr. Al Doulaimee was shot in the back, but stabilized, ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Ezaldin Awand Hazzaa Al Doulaimee
Physical assault
Nov. 24, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5531
This is a CID investigation into the death of Ibrahim Ismail. Mr. Ismail was a detainee who died at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF) Combat Support Hospital (CSH), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, June 5, 2006. Mr. Ismail was admitted to ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ibrahim Ismail
Physical assault