The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) seeks a full-time Director of U.S. Prisons Program to coordinate national interfaith organizing and strategic state and federal advocacy for its interfaith members working to end the torture of solitary confinement in U.S. … Continued
From the Center for the Victims of Torture (http://www.cvt.org/): President Trump has released his Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request, which if passed by Congress would significantly reduce U.S. assistance to refugees and torture survivors around the world. In the face … Continued
From Friends Committee on National Legislation (http://www.fcnl.org): On Wednesday, 17 senators introduced the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act — legislation to shore up the U.S. capacity to prevent deadly conflict. At a time when President Trump has proposed … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): June is Torture Awareness Month, and you can join other people of faith and conscience nationwide in activities that focus on NRCAT’s founding message: Torture is a Moral Issue. Here are some … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): Our friends at the Interfaith Network on Drone Warfare have made a 30 minute film designed to introduce faith groups to the topic of lethal drones: Moral and Safe? War, Peace, Drone … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): Thursday night, President Trump responded to the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons on its own people by bombing an air base in Syria. President Trump said of the chemical attack: “It … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): This week, a leaked draft executive order suggested that President Trump may revoke former President Obama’s 2009 executive order ending torture. Specifically, President Trump’s order would authorize reopening secret CIA black site … Continued
From the Center for the Victims of Torture (http://www.cvt.org/): The ugly threat of torture is back. Your help is needed now. CVT is horrified at reports of a draft Executive Order that would facilitate torture and abusive detention practices, including … Continued
By Rev. Ron Stief , Executive Director, National Religious Campaign Against Torture Jan 24, 2017 | 11:09 AM One of the most dramatic scenes in the Gospels is when Peter—as he watches Jesus’ arrest and imminent torture–denies even knowing who Jesus is out of fear … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): In good news, President Obama recently announced that he would send his copy of the Senate Torture Report to his presidential library where it will be protected and should eventually be made … Continued