Topic
Torture
In the 2004 wake of reports and images documenting rape, torture, and other human rights violations at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Christian organizations and leaders unanimously denounced the actions of Charles Graner, Lynndie England, and other soldiers, even as they remained divided on the morality of the Iraq War. Spurred by the scandal, the National Association of Evangelicals officially denounced the practice of torture in 2007.
Front Line Dilemma
Christians in intelligence services are conflicted over the use of torture.
February 1, 2006
More on Torture
Exit Visa: Iraqi Christians Look for Safe Haven
Iraqis struggle to find refuge in Europe.
April 4, 2011
NAE Endorses Statement Against Torture
Declaration calls for churches and individuals to act on "non-negotiable" issue.
March 16, 2007
The United Nations' Disarray 
The decline of the human-rights agenda, and what evangelicals can do about it.
February 1, 2007
The Truth Is Somewhere
Legacy of Guatemala's evangelical deposed dictator remains unsettled.
September 1, 2006
U.S. Military Interrogator Persecutes Muslim
Plus: Planned Parenthood president resigns as abortions rise and clinics drop, and other stories from online sources around the world.
April 13, 2006
Kidnapped Quaker Activist Tortured, Killed in Iraq
Plus: Who pushed Boston's Catholic Charities out of adoptions? NYTMag on "wrongful birth" and conditional love, and other stories from online sources around the world.
March 16, 2006
Front Line Dilemma
Christians in intelligence services are conflicted over the use of torture.
February 1, 2006
Deliver Us from Joseph Kony
Why the children of Uganda are killing one another in the name of the Lord.
January 1, 2006
Silence on Suffering
Where are the voices from the Christian community on cruel and degrading treatment of detainees?
October 17, 2005
Escapee Denies Rape Charge
Star witness in criminal case against prominent Chinese pastor alleges officials tortured and sexually abused her to gain false testimony.
February 14, 2005
Terrorizing Ally
Saudi Arabia tortures Christians even as it makes human-rights gestures.
December 29, 2004
The Nightmare of North Korea
One man's story of brutality, courage, love, and freedom.
October 1, 2004
Pakistani Christian Student Dies from Torture
Muslim seminary implicated in forcible conversion attempt.
May 1, 2004
Vietnam's 'Appalling' Persecution
Activists want Washington to confront Communist leaders for torturing and killing Christians
January 1, 2004
Ex-Muslims Harrassed in Egypt
Egyptian state security police arrested and tortured Christian converts
January 1, 2004
'New' China: Same Old Tricks
"Top communists, despite their denials, endorse arrest and torture of Chinese Christians by the thousands."
March 11, 2002
A Theological View of ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Aside from disputes about whether torture succeeds, theologians wonder if it should be accepted by society if it does succeed (Samuel Freedman, The New York Times)
How Our Training Fails Us When It Counts
No infantryman who sits through the required PowerPoint classes on the Geneva Conventions and treatment of enemy prisoners of war leaves the classroom with a new perspective on the ethics of war (Army)
Fear in the pulpit: Oppression in Zimbabwe
Catholic priests face arrest and torture by Robert Mugabe’s secret police masquerading as Massgoers as the dictator’s instruments of repression turn their attention to the Church, branding it an enemy of the state (The Tablet, UK)
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