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The church, imitating the Roman state under which it had suffered and ultimately thrived, soon endorsed the methods of Caesar: the use of imprisonment, torture or death to combat unbelief.
WSJ: Joseph Loconte: The Easter Message of Religious Freedom
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Critics of the Bush administration's interrogation programme say the memos provide evidence that many of the methods amount to torture under US and international law.
BBC: Obama publishes 'torture' memos
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Today, seeking kindness toward animals as well as conservation, Goodall is pressing for alternative testing methods now available and the halting of using chimpanzees as Guinea pigs, because, simply put, it inflicts unnecessary torture upon these intelligent, sentient beings.
FORBES: Defying The Odds Of Extinction: 'Chimpanzee,' Jane Goodall And The Gonze Stream