http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25329/george-bushs-human-rights-violations http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25329/george-bushs-human-rights-violations#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:48:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25329 George W. Bush for details of who bore ultimate responsibility for approving the simulated drownings of CIA detainees, a practice that many international legal experts say was illicit torture.

In a memoir due out Tuesday, Bush makes clear that he personally approved the use of that coercive technique against alleged Sept. 11 plotter Khalid Sheik Mohammed, an admission the human rights experts say could one day have legal consequences for him.

In his book, titled "Decision Points," Bush recounts being asked by the CIA whether it could proceed with waterboarding Mohammed, who Bush said was suspected of knowing about still-pending terrorist plots against the United States. Bush writes that his reply was "Damn right" and states that he would make the same decision again to save lives, according to someone close to Bush who has read the book.

George W. Bush: Torturer in Chief.

• Red Cross: America practiced torture • Routine and systematic torture is at the heart of America’s war on terror • The horrors really are your America, Mr Bush • Poll: On torture, evangelicals not looking to Bible, doctrine • George Bush has claimed to be a Christian -- a follower of Jesus Christ, and many people who also consider themselves to be 'Christians' believe him. Yet he lied about the fact that America -- under his leadership and with his approval -- tortured people. He tried to redefine torture, but torture by any other name is just as vile. Christians who support that kind of behavior -- and those kind of leaders - are not followers of Jesus Christ, since their very behaviour shows they do not even know Him. • National Religious Campaign Against Torture

And then there's this... • US defends human rights record before UN body]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25329/george-bushs-human-rights-violations/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24571/blueprint-for-accountability http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24571/blueprint-for-accountability#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:23:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24571 Did Bush and Cheney Have 'Bloodlust' for Torture? On FORA TV a panel including Ron Suskind, Vince Warren and Fisher Stevens explore the dark corners of illegal kidnapping, confinement, secret prisons and torture. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24571/blueprint-for-accountability/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/23469/rnbs-religion-news-roundup-faith-healing-witchcraft-exorcism-and-more http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23469/rnbs-religion-news-roundup-faith-healing-witchcraft-exorcism-and-more#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 21:57:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23469 Today's edition of RNB's Religion News Roundup includes two items about witchcraft, one somewhat funny, and one seriously disturbing.

The funny item involves the believe in Tanzania that by use of witchcraft one can transport crops from one farm to another (i.e. stealing in order to save oneself lots of hard work).

The serious item comes from Nigeria, where hundreds of children falsely accused of witchcraft have been killed.

There are also news items about faith healing, a link to resources for religion reporters covering the on-going torture debacle, and more...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23469/rnbs-religion-news-roundup-faith-healing-witchcraft-exorcism-and-more/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23446/christians-among-executed-tortured-people-in-philippines http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23446/christians-among-executed-tortured-people-in-philippines#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 22:06:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23446 A Protestant pastor who says he was tortured while being detained in the Philippines has warned of widespread killings and other attacks against church members in the Asian nation.

Berlin Guerrero of the United Church of Christ testified last week for the United Nations Committee against Torture, amid reports of executions and other abuses carried out by the Philippines' military. Victims have been accused of supporting rebel groups opposing the government. "Church people have not been spared from torture," Guerrero told the UN Committee]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23446/christians-among-executed-tortured-people-in-philippines/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22338/christian-hypocrites http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22338/christian-hypocrites#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:03:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22338 A new survey suggests the very Americans who claim to follow the Bible most assiduously don’t consult it when forming their views about torture and government policy.

It shows not only are white evangelical Southerners more likely than the general populace to believe torture is sometimes or often justified, but also that they are far more likely—to tweak a phrase from Proverbs—to “lean on their own understanding” regarding the subject.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22338/christian-hypocrites/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