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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This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of Dilar Dababa, who died while in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Dababa was injured when he was re-captured following an escape from custody. It is reported that Mr. Dababa when US forces ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Dilar Dababa
Physical assault, Stomach/abdominal slap
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Mohamed Tariq Zaid, who died while in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Zaid was presented with dehydration, obtundation & hypoxia. The report notes that the local temperature was in excess of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Zaid Muhammed Tariq
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Hassan Hadan Rakad, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib Prison. It is reported that Mr. Rakad suffered from cardiac ailments, including cardiac arrests ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hassan Hadan Rakad
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Kareem Maktoof Adama, a detainee who died in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Adama was found unconscious, breathless and without a pulse in his prison cell. The Report states that Mr. Adama ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Kareem Maktoof Adama
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of an Unknown Iraqi Male. Cause of Death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds; Manner of Death: Homicide.
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Physical assault
This is the Autopsy Report for Nasef J. Ibrahim, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib Prison. It is reported that Mr. Ibrahim suffered from cardiac ailments, including a cardiac tamponade. Cause of Death: ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Nasef Ibrahim
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Muhammed Hamza Al-Zubaydi, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib Prison. It is reported that Mr. Al-Zubaydi suffered from cardiac ailments, including cardiac ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Muhammed Hamza Al-Zubaydi
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Ganim Monhnd Mohamed-Ali, a detainee who died in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Mohamed-Ali was treated for an inner ear infection while in custody, but the infection worsened. The Report ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Ganim Monhnd Mohamed-Ali
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Elawy Dakhel Zobaie, a detainee who died while in custody at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca. The Report states that Mr. Al Zobaie was witnessed to have collapsed and become ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Elawy Dakhel Al Zobaie
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Tahseen Qader, a detainee who died while in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Qader was found unresponsive, breathless and without a pulse. The Report states that the detainee was feeling ill ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Tahseen Qader