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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June 02, 2007 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5536
This is a CID investigation into the death of Moslum Dawood Humud, a detainee who died at the Combat Support Hospital (CSH), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq on November 6, 2006. Mr. Humud was admitted to the CSH after being captured following a ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Moslum Dawood Humud
Physical assault
Dec. 18, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5602
This is an Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Abed Hamed Mowhoush, a 56-year-old Iraqi male. Cause of Death: Asphyxia due to Smothering & Chest Compression; Manner of Death: Homicide.
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
Physical assault
Oct. 09, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5604
This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of Taleb Ehad Kazen, a detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison, Baghdad, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Kazen had an enlarged heart & a narrowing of the arteries supplying blood to his heart. Cause of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Taleb Ehad Kazen
Oct. 24, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5605
This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of Dham Spah, a detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison, Baghdad, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Spah had an enlarged heart and a narrowing of his arteries supplying blood to his heart. Cause of Death: ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Dahm Spah
Sept. 29, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5606
This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of Abed Mohamed Najem, a detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison, Baghdad, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Abed Mohamed Najem was in a detainee collection area when he complained of chest pains, then ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Abed Mohammed Najem
May 19, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5610
This is the Autopsy Report of Wathik Salah Mihdy, a 50 year old detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison, Baghdad, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Mihdy suffered from blockage of the blood vessels supplying blood to his heart & brain. Cause of Death: ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Wathik Salah Mihdy
Dec. 03, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5502
A CID investigation into the death of Jaseem Emad, a detainee at the Baghdad central Concentration Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib on August 22, 2005. Mr Emad died from "gunshot wounds to the abdomen, left shoulder, and left hip" received in "an ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Jaseem Emad
Physical assault
Nov. 03, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5504
This is a CID investigation into the death of Yassin Mahmood Nasser. Mr. Nasser was a detainee at Baghdad Central Concentration facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Iraq. While incarcerated Mr. Nasser became ill, and died as a result of complications ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Yassin Mahmood Nasser
Sept. 07, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5506
A CID investigation found that Muhammed Hamza Al-Zubaydi who died at Abu Ghraib prison hospital ward after suffering difficultly breathing and chest pain while in detention. Mr. Al-Zubaydi was the former President and Director of the President's ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Muhammed Hamza Al-Zubaydi
June 24, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5508
This is a CID investigation into the death of Mohammed Oda Muklif Al Dulaimi, a detainee at Baghdad Central Concentration facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Iraq. Mr. Al Dulaimi became ill while in custody. He was brought to the camp medical facility ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Mohammed Oda Muklif Al Dulaimi