Word: recant
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...Baha'i Association also presented a collection of news broadcasts detailing Iran's current persecution of the faith's members. "They're told to recant their faith or die," McLaughlin said...
...following year Luther was summoned to recant his writings before the Diet of Worms, a council of princes convened by the young Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. In his closing defense, Luther proclaimed defiantly: "Unless I am convinced by testimony from Holy Scriptures and clear proofs based on reason - because, since it is notorious that they have erred and contradicted themselves, I cannot believe either the Pope or the council alone - I am bound by conscience and the Word of God. Therefore I can and will recant nothing, because to act against one's conscience is neither safe...
...when Rozwalak arrived at the modern Polonez Hotel, he proceeded to recant his earlier statements in the presence of the Western reporters. As the local Communist Party leader and provincial governor looked on crestfallen, the pale and nervous mechanic told the foreigners, "I regret it. I was not aware of what I was doing and acted under duress. I had a choice-freedom or internment...
...doctors contending in a tearful courtroom scene that their lives had already been destroyed, and many critics protesting that the terms were too light. The doctors--no longer employed by the University--are appealing, and one juror held a bizarre news conference a few weeks after the verdict to recant her vote. One of the doctors, Hussain, has since pled innocent to two additional counts of rape...
...speed the process of decay in guerrilla ranks, the Thai government offers a generous amnesty program. So far this year more than 1,000 guerrillas in the northeast have defected. Those who defect are not asked to apologize or recant. They are generally given work on government construction projects or assisted with funds gathered by local merchants. Says Lieut. General Lak Salikupt, regional commander of the Second Army: "Persuasion is always more efficient than gunfire...