Ali Shallal al-Qaisi (Arabic: علي شلال القیسي; born 6 August 1962) is an Iraqi civilian who was captured in United States custody during CIA interrogation and tortured at Abu Ghraib Prison in 2003.
He had collaborated with the press headquarters in Baghdad to reveal the human rights abuses being committed by the occupying forces.
His home was raided and he was arrested by American forces, and was then transported to a local interrogation centre, where he was asked to provide names of people who could be a threat.
As he was uninvolved with any militias or government forces, he was unable to provide names and he was taken to Abu Ghraib, after being told he would be in a place where "even dogs couldn't live."
Removing all clothes off prisoners at Abu Ghraib was a common form of sexual humiliation and dehumanisation of victims.
Upon reaching the top he had a pistol held to his head while the recording of the word "اعدام" (execution) was repeatedly played.
The newspaper ran a correction and an accompanying article within days saying the man was not al-Qaisi,[6] but the error was repeated in other media outlets.