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Torture is a Moral Issue

Goals of Presentation. To learn about US-sponsored tortureTo outline the legal basis against tortureTo discuss what you can do to stop torture. Convention Against Torture (Ratified by U.S. in 1994). The term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is

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Torture is a Moral Issue

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    1. Torture is a Moral Issue A Presentation From The Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture

    2. Goals of Presentation To learn about US-sponsored torture To outline the legal basis against torture To discuss what you can do to stop torture

    3. Convention Against Torture (Ratified by U.S. in 1994) The term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession

    4. What do we want? End U.S.-sponsored torture End U.S. outsourcing of torture Close secret prisons and shut down Guantanamo and similar prisons Hold perpetrators and architects of torture accountable

    5. TORTURE IS A MORAL ISSUE A Statement of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture “Torture violates the basic dignity of the human person that all religions hold dear. It degrades everyone involved -- policy-makers, perpetrators and victims. It contradicts our nation's most cherished ideals. Any policies that permit torture and inhumane treatment are shocking and morally intolerable.”

    6. Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the “War on Terror” Produced in association with the ACLU, Amnesty International, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, and other organizations

    7. What if both people were guilty of terrorism—would that affect your view as to the treatment they endured? What would appropriate treatment of terrorism suspects look like? Is torture always wrong? Why or why not?

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