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But a new report by Freedom House, a Washington-based human rights organization, demonstrates how such policies have too often been used by countries to suppress freedom of speech and freedom of religion, leading to serious human rights abuses.

See also: Free Speech and Radical Islam]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25264/when-blasphemy-is-a-crime/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23860/american-torture-kidnappers-convicted http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23860/american-torture-kidnappers-convicted#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23860 MILAN — An Italian judge says he has convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street in a CIA extraordinary rendition, AP reports.

The American suspects — all but one identified by prosecutors as CIA agents — are being tried in absentia and are considered fugitives.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23860/american-torture-kidnappers-convicted/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21725/international-legal-experts-unveil-index-to-measure-how-well-nations-follow-rule-of-law-plus-robert-jay-lifton-comments-on-us-use-of-torture http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21725/international-legal-experts-unveil-index-to-measure-how-well-nations-follow-rule-of-law-plus-robert-jay-lifton-comments-on-us-use-of-torture#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:06:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21725
Also: not coincidentally, Robert Jay Lifton comments on America's use of torture. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21725/international-legal-experts-unveil-index-to-measure-how-well-nations-follow-rule-of-law-plus-robert-jay-lifton-comments-on-us-use-of-torture/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19397/amnesty-international-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19397/amnesty-international-3#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:10:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19397/amnesty-international-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19397/amnesty-international-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19006/amnesty-international-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19006/amnesty-international-2#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:42:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19006/amnesty-international-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19006/amnesty-international-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18984/amnesty-international http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18984/amnesty-international#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:09:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18984/amnesty-international http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18984/amnesty-international/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17846/un-torturers-must-pay-victims http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17846/un-torturers-must-pay-victims#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:29:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17846/un-torturers-must-pay-victims http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17846/un-torturers-must-pay-victims/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17211/accused-egyptian-blogger-stands-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17211/accused-egyptian-blogger-stands-trial#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:41:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17211/accused-egyptian-blogger-stands-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17211/accused-egyptian-blogger-stands-trial/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16424/human-rights-as-british-as-beer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16424/human-rights-as-british-as-beer#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:48:11 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16424/human-rights-as-british-as-beer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16424/human-rights-as-british-as-beer/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8919/un-signs-pact-with-international-criminal-court-opposed-by-us http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8919/un-signs-pact-with-international-criminal-court-opposed-by-us#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:00:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=8919 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8919/un-signs-pact-with-international-criminal-court-opposed-by-us/feed 0