Action Alert

MFSA ENDORSES THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST TORTURE

In January 2006, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture was launched by over 160 faith leaders attending a conference in Princeton, NJ.  MFSA has become an endorsing member of the campaign and urges others to visit www.nrcat.org to learn more about it.  The statement, “Torture is a Moral Issue” found at the site urges Congress and the President to unambiguously prohibit:

• Exemptions from the human rights standards of international law for any arm of our government.
• The practice of extraordinary rendition, whereby suspects are apprehended and flown to countries that use torture as a means of interrogation.
• Any disconnection of "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" from the ban against "torture" so as to permit inhumane interrogation.
• The existence of secret U.S. prisons around the world.
• Any denial of Red Cross access to detainees held by our government overseas.

 

Action: 

Visit www.nrcat.org to endorse the “Torture is a Moral Issue” statement and to find out more about the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.