Christians vs Torture....Jan 13-15 conference at Princeton

[bobbieinok]

http://www.cfba.info/

Theology, International Law, and Torture:
A Conference on Human Rights and Religious Commitment

Starting: Friday, January 13 at 12 P.M.
Ending: Sunday, January 15 with Lunch at12 P.M.
Princeton Theological Seminary Campus
Convener: Dr. George Hunsinger



The goal of this conference is to launch a national religious campaign against torture. Resources for local communities and congregations are being developed and will be made available.

"A time comes when silence is betrayal. People do not easily assume the task of opposing their government's policy, especially in time of war. We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak. For we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness so close around us. We are called upon to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation, for those it calls "enemy," for no document from human hands can make these humans any less our brothers and sisters."

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Presented by: Church Folks for a Better America (Princeton), Human Rights First (NYC),
The Churches' Center for Theology and Public Policy (Washington DC) and The Peace Action Education Fund of The Coalition for Peace Action (Princeton).

Speakers:
Mark Danner - Longtime staff writer at The New Yorker and Professor of Journalism at University of California at Berkeley and Bard College. He is the author of Torture and Truth, one of the most thoroughly documented exposes on torture by the US.

Sister Dianna Ortiz - Torture survivor, Executive Director of Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC) and a policy analyst of Foreign Policy in Focus. She is the author of Blindfold's Eyes.

Chaplain James Yee - Former Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay.

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im - A Muslim originally from the Sudan, distinguished Professor of Law at Emory University. He is the author of Towards an Islamic Reformation: Civil Liberties, Human Rights and International Law.

Rabbi Saul Berman - Former President of Yeshiva University.

Father William Byron - Former President of Catholic University.

Father Drew Christiansen, SJ - Editor of America magazine and longtime advisor on Middle East affairs to the US Catholic Bishops. He is co-author of Forgiveness in International Politics.

George Hunsinger - McCord Professor of Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He coordinated an Open Letter on torture to Alberto Gonzales at the time of his confirmation as Attorney General of the U.S. signed by over 225 prominent religious leaders. He is the convener of this conference.

Admiral John Hutson - Dean and President of Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire and former chief Judge Advocate General of the US Navy. He testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Alberto Gonzales for Attorney General of the U.S.

Mohammad Farooq - Theologian, Islamic Society of North America.

Deborah Pearlstein - Director of the US Law and Security Program, Human Rights First and a former clerk for Justice Stevens of the US Supreme Court. She is a regular columnist for the American Prospect magazine.

Glen Stassen - Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary, former professor at Southern Baptist Seminary, author of Just Peacemaking and many other books.

[savemefromdumbya]

1. there is no place for torture in Jesus' teachings

perhaps they could send the transcipt to the President and AL Cheney

[msongs]

2. been doing it for 2000 years, millions dead nt

[SkiGuy]

3. Don't go on freep, they'll get banned

I did when I brought up the immorality of torture