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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Oct. 26, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5638
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Awad Hasan Munthir, a detainee who died in custody at Camp Bucca, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Munthir was depressed and acting as a loner within the facility for several months. The ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Awad Hasan Munthir
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
Oct. 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5618
This is the Autopsy Report of Fras Moazahim Habib, a detainee of the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Habib died from a shotgun blast. The Report states that Mr. Habib was killed when ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Fras Moazahim Habib
Physical assault
June 29, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5622
This is the Autopsy Report Autopsy Report: Abduhl Kaddim Altia, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Altia had complained of chest pain before collapsing and becoming ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Abduhl Kaddim Altia
Nov. 22, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5624
This is the Autopsy Report Autopsy Report: Hussein Farhad Ali, a detainee who was captured by US forces in Mosul, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Ali died within 72 hours after being taken in to custody. The Report indicates that Mr. Ali suffered ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Hussein Farhad Ali
Use of water, Water dousing, Other, Physical assault, General, Face slap or insult slap, Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Mar. 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5625
This is the Autopsy Report Autopsy Report of Mohamad Abul Abbas, a detainee in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Abbas suffered from several medical illness' that contributed to his death. The Report states that Mr. Abbas was seen at the camp ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Mohamad Abul Abbas
Mar. 14, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5614
This is the Autopsy Report of Mobass Fahad, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that while at the BCCF Mr. Fahad was suffering from seizures & asthma and required an emergency ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Fahad Mobas
Mar. 30, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5868
This is a CID investigation into the involvement of four (4) American soldiers of 3 Platoon; C Company; 1/41st Infantry Regiment in the unlawful killing of three (3) Iraqi civilians. The civilians: Arkem Yosef Rahim; Maitham; & an Unnamed Iraqi ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault
Nov. 18, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5869
This is a CID investigation into the death of Hasan Abrahemy, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF) Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq on September 20, 2004. It is reported that Mr. Abrahemy was in Camp Redemption when he was ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Hasan Abrahemy
Physical assault
May 10, 2009 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5574
This is a CID investigation in to the death of a detainee in Hutal City, Afghanistan, on December 4, 2008, and the death of a Department of Defense (DOD) Human Terrain Team (HTT) Member who died of injuries sustained in the same incident. This ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Abdul Salam
Physical assault