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In the heart of the Somali region, lies one of the most notorious detention centers in Ethiopia. Jail Ogaden is home to thousands of prisoners, who are brutalized and neglected, most of them having never been charged with a crime. A fact sheet and prayer are included.
In August 2018, members of the peaceful student protests for safer roads in Dhaka, Bangladesh, were violently attacked by the government. The students were protesting for safer roads after two students were run over and killed by a bus in July, the latest of many traffic accidents in Bangladesh. The protestors have been beaten up, tortured, and many have allegedly been raped. The Bangladeshi government is actively taking part in the crackdown, and is attempting to stop the spread of information about the riots.
In August 2018, members of the peaceful student protests for safer roads in Dhaka, Bangladesh, were violently attacked by the government. The students were protesting for safer roads after two students were run over and killed by a bus in July, the latest of many traffic accidents in Bangladesh. The protestors have been beaten up, tortured, and many have allegedly been raped. The Bangladeshi government is actively taking part in the crackdown, and is attempting to stop the spread of information about the riots.
Creative Voice Elshafei Dafalla shares how his vocation as an artist helps the marginalized in our global community, especially refugees and torture survivors. An interview with Elshafei and an activity based on his artwork are included below.
The Testimony film discussion guide reviews a documentary about trial in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of 39 soldiers charged with gang raping of hundreds of women in the village of Minova in the DRC. The women who agreed to testify struggle to reclaim their dignity as they refuse to remain silent in a culture that stigmatizes rape victims.
This resource identifies the Church’s responses to torture and offers reflection questions, a prayer, and faith in action.
This prayer is for International Day in Support of Torture Victims and Survivors on June 26th.
This resource explores the history of torture and its use by the United States.
This toolbox is a compilation of resources pertaining to the grave sin of torture.
Fact Sheet: The Truth About Torture
Film Discussion Guide: I Am Miriam
Film Discussion Guide: Silence
Film Discussion Guide: The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Film Discussion Guide: Zero Dark Thirty
Litany: International Day in Support of Torture Victims and Survivors
Prayer: Guantánamo Brothers, Forgive Us
Prayer: Standing Against the Sin of Torture
Prayer: For the Tortured: Good Friday is Every Day
Prayer: Remembering the Tortured of Our World
Prayer to End Torture
Prayer Service: Guantánamo: Forgiveness, Justice, and Mercy
Prayer Service: Torture Affects Everyone: International Day for Torture Victims and Survivors
Reflection: CST and Torture
Reflection: Guatemalan Genocide Trials
Reflection: The Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture
Reflection: In Memory: Monseñor Juan Gerardi
Unit: Torture Around the World
Silence, based on the historical novel by Shusaku Endō, tells the story of Jesuit missionaries navigating a seventeenth-century Japan resistant to Western Christianity. This film discussion guide offers a synopsis, connections to Catholic social thought, and reflection questions.
This study guide for the short film, I Am Miriam, and the Against Humanity website contains reflection questions and suggestions for action on the issue of human trafficking.
As people of conscience, we are called not only to pray for the victims, survivors, and perpetrators of this crime, but also to labor for its worldwide abolition.
