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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Feb. 08, 2007 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5533
A CID investigation concerning the death of Hishim Shadad after receiving two gunshot wounds to his torso from "unknown person(s), not Coalition Forces." Mr. Shadad's death was determined to be a homicide.
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID)
Hishim Shadad
Physical assault
Jan. 22, 2007 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5798
This is an NCIS investigation into the death of Sadik Abdullah Saoud, and Iraqi civilian who died while being placed in to custody by Battalion Landing Team 2/4 (2/4 "G" Co.), out of Expedition Observation Post (EOP) Playboy Mansion, Barwana, ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Abdullah Sadiq Saoud
Physical assault, General
Jan. 18, 2007 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5656
This is the Autopsy Report Autopsy Report of Muntasir Hamad Furayh Mehlawy, a detainee at Al Qailm, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Mehlawy was attacked by another detainee, and killed by strangulation. Cause of Death: Ligature Strangulation: ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Muntasir Hamad Furayh Al Mehlawy
Physical assault