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 (4791)

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Nov. 13, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5494
This is a CID investigation into the death of Ahmed Ismail Al Wani Atawi. Mr. Atawai was a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF) Control, Camp Bucca, Iraq when he became ill. Mr. Atawi died as a result of complications of a small bowel ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID)
Ahmed Ismail Al Wani Atawi
Nov. 16, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5488
A CID investigation into the death of Akram Hanoush Yakou, and Iraqi national who died while in custody following his arrest after a raid at the Karabilah Gas Station, Iraq on December 13, 2003. Mr. Yahou was captured along with another man. Mr. ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID)
Akram Hanoush Yakou
July 20, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5484
A CID investigation into the death of an Iraqi detainee Mobass Fahad at Abu Ghraib Prison on November 15, 2004 from Acute Myocarditis. Mr. Fahad was reported to have a history of seizures and asthma. He was treated at the Camp hospital, and was ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Fahad Mobas
Mar. 01, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5481
A CID Investigation into the death of an unidentified Iraqi combatant who was shot after being wounded on the field of battle. The investigation found that a Sergeant on a raid that escalated in to a firefight "committed the offense of Murder" ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Unknown Iraqi Male, Mosul, Iraq, November 11, 2004
Physical assault
Jan. 03, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5486
A CID investigation into the death of Sadunn Hamza Feihan, and Iraqi national who was shot dead on November 15, 2004. Mr. Feihan was reported with several men on a vehical that attempted to avoid a roadside check-point. The vehicle was pursued, ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID, NCIS)
Sadunn Hamza Feihan
Physical assault
Feb. 24, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5483
A CID Investigation into the death of an Iraqi male named Ahmed Menkhi Al-Zarjawi. Mr. Menkhi Al-Zarjawi died at Camp Bucca Detention Facility in Iraq on October 19. 2004. Mr. Menkhi Al-Jarjawi was in custody for approximately twenty (20) days ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ahmed Menkhi Al-Zarjawl
May 09, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5482
A CID investigation into the death of an Afghani civilian, Haji Sher Mohammad. Mr. Mohammad was being held in custody at FOB Salerno, Khowst, Afghanistan when he complained about being bitten by either a snake or a bee while in his cell. Mr. ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Haji Sher Mohammad
Other
May 27, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5485
A CID prosecution of a Sergeant First Class (SFC) for the murder of Iraqi civilian, Salih Taher Khaleefa, and the maltreatment of an unidentified Iraqi juvenile. The investigation found that the SFC "shot and killed Mr. Khaleefa without ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Salih Taher Khaleefa
Physical assault, General, Face slap or insult slap, Threat, Assault/death, Other Humiliation
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
Oct. 11, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5480
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Ajimi Berra Al Khattab, a former Major General in Command of Iraq's 6th Armored Division, Basara, Iraq; former Commander of Iraq's III Corps; High ranking Baa'th Party Member; and part of Saddam ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Medical (Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Ajimi Berra Al Khattab