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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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
May 23, 2008 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5517
A CID investigation and record of disciplinary proceedings surrounding the deaths of Nahad Yasim Hamid Gumar, Jasim Hassan Komar-Abdullah, Akhmed Farhim Hamid-Al Jemi, and Zyad Jasim Hamid. Four unnamed soldiers were charged with and found guilty ...
June 04, 2006 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5670
This is the Death Certificate for Tha'ir Kaduri Salman was a detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq on May 28, 2006. Mr. Salman was playing volleyball in the camp yard when he was witnessed to suddenly ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Death Certificate), Other
Tha'ir Kaduri Salman
May 15, 2008 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5577
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Hyder Abdul Hussein, a detainee at Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq, on March 15, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Hussein was admitted to the Camp Hospital on March 11th because he was not feeling well. Mr. ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hyder Abdul Hussein
Apr. 30, 2008 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5700
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Hyder Abdul Hussein, a detainee who died at Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq, on March 15, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Hussein was admitted to the Camp Hospital because he was not feeling well. It is ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hyder Abdul Hussein
Feb. 24, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5483
A CID Investigation into the death of an Iraqi male named Ahmed Menkhi Al-Zarjawi. Mr. Menkhi Al-Zarjawi died at Camp Bucca Detention Facility in Iraq on October 19. 2004. Mr. Menkhi Al-Jarjawi was in custody for approximately twenty (20) days ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ahmed Menkhi Al-Zarjawl