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 (570)

RelevanceDateRelease Date
July 28, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1070
Medical report: 72-Year-Old Iraqi Male, Camp Cuervo, Baghdad from July 2004 (062-04-CID259-80294). This is a medical exam to clear the detainee for transfer.
July 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1071
This is a follow-up medical exam for a 74 year-old detainee who alleges he was hit in the eye by coaliton forces two days prior to exam. Eye shows evidence of possible abuse. Referred to CID. CID# 0262-04-CID259-80294
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap
July 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1072
Male detainee reports he was struck in the head with the butt of a weapon by coalition forces. Face has markings that could be consistant with abuse. Referred to CID. CID #
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap
Apr. 01, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1073
A 56 year-old male detainee received stiches for inner lip laceration. Was struck during arrest and broke front tooth and cut upper lip. Report filed with CID. CID Report #: 0261-04-CID259-80293.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap
July 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1075
Medical report on a 24 year-old male detainee at his initial in-take screening at Abu Ghraib prison. The screening determined the detainee to be in good health and condition.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault
Apr. 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1076
Prisoner processing medical screening of 22-year-old male detainee who reported that he was shot two times in both arms and was beaten by Kurdish army. The report notes that detainee is suicidal and had already attempted suicide once before.
June 20, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1077
The detainee states that he was captured by American forces in Baghdad, Iraq and was hit on the head with a rifle butt and kicked in the legs by a soldier during capture and once in custody.The medical report did not find any signs of injury.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, General
June 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1078
Autopsy Report, Riadh Mohammed Abd Al Razak, Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq who collapsed while speaking to other detainees while in U.S. custody at Abu Ghraib prison. Cause of death: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Manner of death: Natural. ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Riadh Mohammed Abd Al Razak
Apr. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1080
A 36 year-old male detainee was found in his cell (#19) on Tier 1-A of Abu Ghraib Prison, laying on his stomach on the floor of his cell. Refused to eat food for five (5) days. Detainee stated that he was having difficulty eating because he ...
May 24, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1081

Autopsy Report of an unidentified Iraqi male shot in a firefight and lived to be transported to a U.S. hospital where he underwent multiple surgeries but died due to complications of his wounds. Cause of Death: Gunshot wound to the abdomen; ...

Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
General, Physical assault