Religious Communities/Individuals Speak Out on the Torture Issue
National Religious Campaign Against Torture invites people of all faiths to address torture as a moral issue.
Rabbis for Human Rights — North America Campaign Against Torture
U.S. Catholic Bishops release study guide on torture as a moral issue: view web page … view PDF file
Resolution Against Torture from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) / (Sept. 2006) This 10MB PDF file may take a few minutes to download.
Pastoral Letter Against Torture from ministers of the United Church of Christ (May 2008)
QUIT (Quaker Initiative to End Torture): www.quit-torture-now.org
ACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture): www.fiacat.org
Evangelicals for Human Rights: www.evangelicalsforhumanrights.org
Torture in the Light of Jewish Values — by Rabbi Maurice Harris
Working Papers on Quaker Opposition to Torture — by John Calvi
A Faith Perspective on the Geneva Conventions — by Dennis Rivers, explores the torture and cluster bomb issues from the point of view of one struggling to follow the teachings of Jesus in a world seduced by the temptations of violence. 11/2/2007
Protest against torture earns priests jail time. Judge refuses to allow Franciscan Fr. Louis Vitale and Jesuit Fr. Stephen Kelly to present supporting evidence from Abu Ghraib.