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 of Nadem Sadoon Hatab, a detainee at the Whitehorse Detainment Facility, Nasiriyah, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Hatab had blunt force injuries to his neck, torso & lower extremities, which led to his death. Cause ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Nagem Sadoon Hatab
Physical assault
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Saad Mohammed Abdullah, a detainee at Camp Ghanci, Abu Ghraib Prison. It is reported that Mr. Abdullah was experiencing a medical emergency while on the camp compound. The Report states that ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Saad Mohammed Abdullah
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Muthor Nassar Sardah, a detainee in US custody in Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Sardah suffered from several terminal diseases, including large cell lung cancer. Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Muthor Nassar Sardah
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Mukhlef Swedan Sweidan, a detainee who died at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Sweidan underwent throat surgery while in detention. A medical ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Adnan Mukhlef Sweidan
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Majamey Al Khalaf, a detainee who died at the 82nd Combat Support Hospital (CSH) in Tallil, Iraq. Mr. Khalaf was a detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Iraq, when it is ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Majamey Al Khalaf
This is a CID investigation into the reported unlawful killing of two (2) unknown Iraqi civilians. This Investigation was initiated upon a tip made by a family member of a soldier. The family member claimed that the soldier unlawfully killed two ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault
This DOJ Letter from Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York to Alexander Abdo of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) responds to the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of October 16, 2009.
Jan. 14, 2011
Letter, Other
Preet Bharara
Alexander Abdo
Preet Bharara, Tara M. LaMorte
Certificate of death for Abdul Wahid, an Afghani civilian. Cause of Death: Multiple Blunt Force Injuries; Manner of Injuries: Homicide.
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Death Certificate)
Abdul Wahid
Physical assault
This is the Autopsy Report of Fawaz Badaa Najem, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Najem was found by another detainee gasping for air. The Report states that Mr. ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Fawaz Badaa Najem
This is the Autopsy Report of Riadh Mohammed Abd Al Razak, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Al Razak suffered from coronary artery disease and a previous heart ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Riadh Mohammed Abd Al Razak