An Evangelical Declaration Against Torture: Protecting Human Rights in an Age of Terror
Evangelicals for Human Rights Friday, 1 June 2007
Statement issued by Evangelicals for Human Rights, http://www.evangelicalsforhumanrights.org/.
Executive Summary
1. Introduction: From a Christian perspective, every human life is sacred. As evangelical Christians, recognition of this transcendent moral dignity is non-negotiable in every area of life, including our assessment of public policies. This commitment has been tested in the war on terror, as a public debate has occurred over the moral legitimacy of torture and of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees held by our nation in the current conflict. We write this declaration to affirm our support for detainee human rights and our opposition to any resort to torture.
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