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.

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Apr. 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1040
This 75 year old male, an Iraqi National, was a detainee at the Central Baghdad Detainee Facility (Abu Ghraib). On May 11, 2004 he reportedly abruptly collapsed and became unconscious. Resuscitation was initiated and continued during transport to ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi
June 30, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 55

An investigation into the death of Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi (ISN 159756). On 11 May 2004 he reportedly abruptly collapsed and became unconscious. Resuscitation was initiated and continued during: transport to the facility hospital ...

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott, John Peterson
Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi