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
Urgent: Call senators and urge opposition to torture amendment, November 29, 2011
NRCAT public policy update, Nov. 2009
Maryknoll missioners' statement on torture (pdf)
See also:
- Accountability today - Preventing torture forever
- Action alert: Take action against indefinite detention, and learn more about Torture Awareness Month, May 24
- TASSC International Survivor Week 2011
- Action alert: Take action on solitary confinement, May 11
- Witness Against Torture statement on Guantanamo files, April 25, 2011
- NRCAT statement on Wikileaks Guantanamo files, April 27, 2011
- Articles/reports on U.S. torture, 2010-2011
- Accountable for torture, February 16
- National Religious Campaign Against Torture Responds to Egyptian Crisis, February 2, 2011
- Rumsfeld Passes the Buck – A Faith Leader Responds, February, 2011
- Sign letter to Obama to close Guantanamo Bay, January 2011
- 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)