Torture

Maryknoll missioners join communities of faith and people of good will around the world in calling for the abolition of torture. Our faith is rooted in the absolute belief in the sacredness of each human life. We abhor the violation of life that torture represents.

As missioners we have seen the devastating physical, psychological, emotional and societal effects of torture in too many corners of the world. We have accompanied survivors of torture, among them members of our own communities.

We unequivocally reject the use of torture in any form and for any reason and have committed ourselves to continued advocacy nationally and internationally for an end to torture, to exposing the horrible reality of torture

NRCAT public policy update, Nov. 2009

Maryknoll missioners' statement on torture (pdf)

See also:

• Maryknoll joins other religious groups in call for investigation of alleged medical experiments on detainees

• Articles/reports on U.S. torture, late 2008-2009
• Articles/transcripts on U.S. torture, 2004-2008
• Voter guide questions from the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (PDF)
• Statement of solidarity with the prisoners at Guantánamo, August 24, 2005
• Justice Asunder, a poem

Links

• National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT)
• Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC)
• Witness Against Torture
• The Center for Victims of Torture
• Human Rights Watch "End Torture Now" campaign
• "Jesus, Our Tortured Brother Today," Pax Christi USA prayer card written by Sr. Dianna Ortiz OSU
• Interfaith Call for Justice Coalition on torture: "We cannot remain silent"
• Torture Is A Moral Issue: A Statement of the National Religious
  Campaign against Torture (signed by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns)