Articles on this issue "torture"
Our people are desperate for President Robert Mugabe to relinquish power, said Archbishop Pius Ncube. Archbishop Ncube of Bulawayo said this Tuesday, while launching a report titled …
read moreU.S. religious leaders have condemned torture as a violation of basic human dignity. Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, president of the U.S. bishops' conference, joined other religious …
read moreJohn Paul II asked that all institutions and countries commit themselves to ending the practice of torture. The Pope made his plea today before praying the Angelus with the crowds gathered in …
read moreThe Indian bishops' conference have received no reply from the Saudi Arabian Embassy here regarding an Indian citizen being tortured and imprisoned in the Mideast kingdom for his faith. The …
read moreA Catholic Indian citizen was arrested and tortured in Saudi Arabia because of his faith, according to L'Osservatore Romano. The semiofficial Vatican newspaper, quoting sources of the Fides …
read moreThe Holy See made an urgent request for the establishment of a firm calendar for the recovery of Iraq's sovereignty, the Vatican secretary for relations with states confirmed. Archbishop …
read moreNo man on earth can accept the torturing of a brother," said the patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, reacting to news of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by occupying soldiers. "This torture is …
read moreHorror and shame" were the words that appeared repeatedly on L'Osservatore Romano's front page when it commented on the torture of prisoners in Iraq by U.S. military units. "The Iraqi …
read moreThe Argentine episcopal conference denied news reports in which a former de facto president of the country linked unnamed bishops with the approval of torture for political reasons. In the …
read moreThe Vatican officially ratified a U.N. convention against torture, calling it a "valid and fitting instrument to struggle against attempts on the dignity of the human person." The Convention …
read moreChinas banned Falun Gong spiritual movement contends that at least 15 of its followers were tortured to death in a prison camp last month and denied reports of a mass suicide, Reuters …
read morePrison conditions of death-row inmates in Japan go against the most elementary human rights and are equivalent to a form of torture, a European official says. Gunnar Jansson, president of the …
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