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The National Religious Campaign Against Torture has released five new short videos showing how the use of torture violates morals in religious, legal, military, health and cultural contexts.
"Pop culture’s growing acceptance of torture in films and video games (like the recently released Grand Theft Auto V) encourages people to believe that torture is OK," says NRCAT on its website. "The National Religious Campaign Against Torture produced these five short films to counter that message and to show that torture is never acceptable – it is not glamorous or healthy or honorable or legal or faithful."
The organization continues: "These short films encapsulate the message of the report of The Constitution Project’s Task Force on Detainee Treatment that clearly states that there is no doubt:
- that the United States engaged in torture of detainees taken into custody after 9/11;
- that the torture was authorized at the highest levels of government; and
- that the use of torture was clearly illegal.
In addition to the five shorts, NRCAT produced a new 11-minute film, No Doubt, It Was Torture! The film includes members of the Task Force discussing their key findings and offers responses from leaders of several faith traditions. It is designed for congregations, religious organizations and campus groups, the organization said.