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CO-Update
The monthly email newsletter of War Resisters' International's
The Right to Refuse to Kill
programme, published in English,
Spanish
, and
French
.
January 2010, No. 53
Editorial
Finland: first female total objector to go to prison?
Turkey again arrests a conscientious objector
Russia: human rights violations during recruitment
Upcoming events: Nonviolent Livelihood Struggle and Global Militarism: links & strategies // 15 February: Blockade of AWE Aldermaston
Recent CO-alerts
November-December 2009, No. 52
Editorial
Colombia: Constitutional Court recognises conscientious objection
European Court of Human Rights fails to uphold international human rights standards
Venezuela: New military service law introduces military duties for women
Germany to shorten military and substitute service
Bermuda: Question of conscription goes to highest court
Israel: Charges against New Profile dropped
Upcoming events: 1 December 2009 - Prisoners for Peace Day // Nonviolent Livelihood Struggle and Global Militarism: links & strategies
Recent CO-alerts
October 2009, No. 51
Editorial
South Korea: Judge petitions Constitutional Court on conscientious objection
Turkey: Legal amendments for conscientious objection?
Lithuania: conscription suspended
Sweden: conscription to be phased out by 1 July 2010
Afghanistan may introduce conscription
Upcoming events: 1 December 2009 - Prisoners for Peace Day // Nonviolent Livelihood Struggle and Global Militarism: links & strategies
Recent co-alerts
September 2009, No. 50
Editorial
Honduras: Resistance against reform of military service
USA: Quaker takes Selective Service to court over right to conscientious objection
Azerbaijan: Imprisonment of conscientious objector while Human Rights Committee demands right to conscientious objection
Britain: Army soldier refuses to fight in Afghanistan
Upcoming events: 1 December 2009 - Prisoners for Peace Day // Nonviolent Livelihood Struggle and Global Militarism: links & strategies
Recent CO-alerts
July-August 2009, No. 49
Editorial
Switzerland abolished examination of conscience
Denmark: Parliament examines compulsory defence day for women
Russia: No conscription by 2012?
Iran to shorten military service from 2011
Israel: After New Profile, now investigation against Yesh Gvul
Upcoming events: 1 December 2009 - Prisoners for Peace Day // Nonviolent Livelihood Struggle and Global Militarism: links & strategies
June 2009, No. 48
Editorial
Solidarity action for South Korean conscientious objectors
Turkey: professionalisation of the military, but with conscription
Nepal: Soon with conscription?
Finland: Waning support for conscription?
Book review: Conscientious Objection: Resisting Militarized Society
Upcoming events: 1 December 2009 - Prisoners for Peace Day // Nonviolent Livelihood Struggle and Global Militarism: links & strategies
May 2009, No. 47
Editorial
Israel: WRI affiliate New Profile raided by police
Eritrean refugees fleeing military service should not be sent back, human rights organisations say
Poland's last batch of conscripts
Upcoming events 20 May: Book launch event "Conscientious Objection: Resisting Militarized Society" // 15 May - International CO Day: Focus on South Korea
Recent co-alerts
April 2009, No. 46
Editorial
Israel to recognise conscientious objection?
Colombia: Conscientious objectors submit the question of unconstitutionality to Constitutional Court
Sweden: An end to conscription
Taiwan: No conscription by 2014?
Cyprus: no shorter military service
Uzbekistan: Conscientious objection only for some registered religions
Upcoming events: 1-5 April 2009: No to war - No to NATO // 14 & 16 April: Book launch events "Conscientious Objection: Resisting Militarized Society" // 15 May - International CO Day: Focus on South Korea
February-March 2009, No. 45
Editorial
Greece: hand grenade attack on meeting of Association of Conscientious Objectors
Kuwait: Conscription law to be reinstated
Eritrea: teenagers trying to flee the country killed by Eritrean military
Zimbabwean army starts recruitment drive among rural youths after one-third of soldiers deserted
Upcoming events: 1-5 April 2009: No to war - No to NATO / 15 May 2009 - International CO Day: Focus on South Korea
Recent co-alerts
January 2009, No. 44
Editorial
South Korea: No rights for conscientious objectors
Brazil: more conscription as a result of the modernisation of the Brasilian military?
Taiwan: military service shortened to 12 months
Upcoming events: 1-5 April 2009: No to war - No to NATO / 15 May 2009 - International CO Day: Focus on South Korea
Recent co-alerts
December 2008, No. 43
Editorial
War Resisters' International launches Conscientious Objection Information System (COBIS)
Germany: US soldiers applies for asylum
Afghanistan: Italian helicopter crew refused to fire at civilians
Colombia: New round of arbitrary recruitment
WRI Council member and MEP Tobias Pflüger publishes documentation on conscientious objection in the European Union
Upcoming events: 18 December 2008: Day of action for the release of Israeli conscientious objectors // 1-5 April 2009: No to war - No to NATO
Recent co-alerts
October 2008, No. 42
Editorial
Colombia: UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says batidas are a form of arbitrary detention
South Korea: Constitutional Court to rule again on the right to conscientious objection
Canada: US war resister Jeremy Hinzman allowed to stay for now
Azerbaijan: conscientious objection only with long substitute service
Upcoming events: 1 December: Prisoners for Peace Day
Recent co-alerts
September 2008, No. 41
Editorial
Torture Goes Unpunished, Conscientious Objector May Be Sued For Insulting Military
Mehmet Ali Avcı: New Turkish conscientious objector declares his conscientious objection
Canada orders US war resisters to leave
Albania to end conscription by 2010
Cyprus: Government examining options on reduction of military service
Upcoming events: Meeting with Colombian CO Julian Ovalle // European Social Forum
Recent co-alerts
July/August 2008, No. 40
Editorial
Turkey: UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calls imprisonment of Halil Savda "arbitrary"
Azerbaijani delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe opposes passing a bill on conscientious objection
Poland to end conscription by the end of 2008
Taiwan to follow suit: President Ma want to abolish conscription within four years
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: European Social Forum
May/June 2008, No. 39
Editorial
Colombia: Successful strategy of accompaniment frees conscientious objectors from military service
15 May - International Day on Conscientious Objection
Iraq: Comeback of conscription?
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: European Social Forum
April 2008, No. 38
Editorial
Turkey: conscientious objector withdraws his objection
Ibero-American Convention on Young People's Rights recognises right to conscientious objection
Britain: Teachers threaten boycott over military recruitment in schools
Bolivia: Ombudsperson to challenge military service law with international authorities
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: International Conscientious Objectors Day
March 2008, No. 37
Editorial
Colombia: Illegal recruitment and conscientious objection
Turkey: Ban WRI website to solve conscientious objection problem
European Committee of Social Rights condemns long substitute services
Upcoming events: NATO Game Over
February 2008, No. 36
Editorial
Turkey: Another legal victory for conscientious objectors at European Court of Human Rights
India: Army chief starts debate on conscription - to get pay rise for officers
Belarus: opposition activist expelled from university and recruited to the military
Azerbaijan - still defying commitment to allow for conscientious objection
Upcoming events: NATO Game Over
January 2008, No. 35
Editorial
India: Annual recruitment drive highlights "poverty draft"
Northern Cyprus: New conscientious objection initiative
Bulgaria: conscription ended
Ukraine to abolish conscription in 2009
Upcoming events: NATO Game Over
November/December 2007, No. 34
Editorial
Council of Europe increases pressure on Turkey
Armenia: No progress for conscientious objectors
Uganda to introduce conscription
Controversy about conscription in Ukraine
Conscription for Indonesia?
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: Prisoners for Peace Day
October 2007, No. 33
Editorial
South Korea to legalise conscientious objection
Human Rights Committee takes stand against repeated imprisonment of conscientious objectors
War Resisters' International raises concerns about British regulations on conscientious objection
United States: More information on conscientious objector numbers
Botswana to recruit women into the military
Upcoming events: Prisoners for Peace Day
September 2007, No. 32
Editorial
Turkmenistan: New wave of imprisonment of conscientious objectors
Ecuador: Military service law unconstitutional
Colombia: payment for "libreta militar" unconstitutional
Taiwan: discussion on conscription
Finland: finally shorter substitute service
Upcoming events: Prisoners for Peace Day
August 2007, No. 31
Editorial
Turkey defies European Court of Human Rights
Eritrea: New 'recruits' called up
Sweden: An end to conscription?
Compulsory military service for women in Norway?
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: WRI Seminar and Council
June 2007, No. 30
Editorial
War Resisters' International visits Colombia
China: military training for students?
Ecuador: Conscientious objection case at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: WRI Seminar and Council
May 2007, No. 29
Editorial
War Resisters' International to launch Conscientious Objector Card in Colombia
Armenia: a record number of conscientious objectors in prison
Georgia to end conscription?
Iraq: army deserters to be executed
Prosecution of U.S. Army deserters rise
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: International Conscientious Objectors' Day // WRI Seminar and Council
April 2006, No. 28
Editorial
Turkey: Another objector on the path to 'civil death'
War Resisters' International visit to Russia
Jordan to reintroduce conscription
South Korea: more CO cases for UN Human Rights Committee
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: International Conscientious Objectors' Day // WRI Seminar and Council
February 2007, No. 27
Editorial
Landmark decision of UN Human Rights Committee on right to conscientious objection
Turkey: conference on conscientious objection to military service
Croatia likely to suspend conscription
Russia: New links between militarism and sex industry
Lebanon: an end to conscription
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: International Conscientious Objectors' Day // WRI Seminar and Council 2007
January 2007, No. 26
Editorial
Eritrea: Hundreds of parents of conscripts arrested
Somalia and Ethiopia: forced recruitment and conscription for war
Morocco to abolish conscription
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: World Social Forum Kenya // Witnessing Conscientious Objection from Turkey to the World: History and Breaking News
December 2006, No. 25
Editorial
South Korea: United Nations' Human Rights Committee demands recognition of right to conscientious objection
Ukraine also criticised by Human Rights Committee
Romania: End of conscription
Indian military short of officers
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: Prisoners for Peace Day // Witnessing Conscientious Objection from Turkey to the World: History and Breaking News
November 2006, No. 24
Editorial
New platform for conscientious objection launched in Turkey
Cambodia introduces conscription
More conscientious objectors in Chile resist new military recruitment law
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: Prisoners for Peace Day // Witnessing Conscientious Objection from Turkey to the World: History and Breaking News
October 2006, No. 23
Editorial
Canadian military moving to "aggressive approach" on recruitment
Chinese People's Liberation Army adds psychological test to recruitment process
Europe short of soldiers in 2025?
A conscientious objector as plane hijacker?
European Parliament votes in favour of conscientious objection in Turkey
Upcoming events: Prisoners for Peace Day // Witnessing Conscientious Objection from Turkey to the World: History and Breaking News
August 2006, No. 22
Editorial
Colombia: International meeting on solidarity with conscientious objectors
Azerbaijan: conscientious objector sentenced to six month suspended sentence
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: Prisoners for Peace Day // Witnessing Conscientious Objection from Turkey to the World: History and Breaking News
June 2006, No. 21
Editorial
Colombia: Conscientious objectors mobilise
Operation Refuse War in New York and Washington
Armenia: Jehovah's Witnesses bring cases to European Court of Human Rights
Macedonia: Conscription abolished
Britain: New Armed Forces Bill going through parliament as desertion cases are on the rise
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: Globalising Nonviolence
May 2006, No. 20
Editorial
International Conscientious Objectors Day
Britain: New Armed Forces Bill will introduce punishment for refusing to be an occupier
Colombia: Conscientious objector accompanied to military barracks
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: International Conscientious Objectors Day // Globalising Nonviolence
April 2006, No. 19
Editorial
The release of Mehmet Tarhan: Good news for COs in Turkey?
Venezuela: pre-military education in schools obligatory
Military Service in the United States of America: Issues of Conscience and Human Rights
Greece: court victory for conscientious objector
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: International Conscientious Objectors Day // Globalising Nonviolence
March 2006, No. 18
Editorial
Bolivia: "Friendly Settlement" in conscientious objection case
Macedonia: CO statistics
Russia: Arrests at anti-war protest / call for refusal during spring call-up for military service
Turkey: another ECHR decision
Armenia: situation of conscientious objectors worrying / 48 COs in prison
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: International Conscientious Objectors Day // Globalising Nonviolence
February 2006, No. 17
Editorial
European Court of Human Rights rules in case of Turkish conscientious objector
South Korea: National Human Rights Commission recommends recognition of the right to conscientious objection
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: International Conscientious Objectors Day // Globalising Nonviolence
December 2005, No. 16
Editorial
1 December: Prisoners for Peace Day
Paraguay: More than 100,000 conscientious objectors
USA: Women soldier refuses deployment to Iraq
9 December: International action day in support of Mehmet Tarhan
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: Globalising Nonviolence
November 2005, No. 15
Editorial
Turkey: Conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan on hunger strike for more than 32 days
Bosnia to end conscription on 1 January 2006
Romania follows suit - conscription to be abolished on 1 January 2007
China: Armed Forces to start recruiting
War is a Crime against Humanity: The Story of The War Resisters' International, book by Devi Prasad
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: Prisoners for Peace Day // Globalising Nonviolence
October 2005, No. 14
Editorial
Armenia: Conscientious objectors abandon substitute service
USA: Opposition to military recruiters at high schools and universities
Turkey: Mehmet Tarhan again on hunger strike
Chile: New objectors present themselves to the public
War is a Crime against Humanity: The Story of The War Resisters' International, book by Devi Prasad
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: Prisoners for Peace Day // Globalising Nonviolence
September 2005, No. 13
Editorial
Chile: New military service law, but no right to conscientious objection
Colombia: Two conscientious objectors briefly detained by military
Serbia & Montenegro: Ministry of Defence presents draft law on military service / backlash for right to CO?
War is a Crime against Humanity: The Story of The War Resisters' International, book by Devi Prasad
Upcoming events: Globalising Nonviolence
August 2005, No. 12
Editorial
Germany: German soldier wins right to refuse supporting Iraq war
Conscientious objection in Bulgaria - a survey
Britain: Defeat for "Peace Tax Seven"
Germany: Unemployed as actors in military exercises?v
Upcoming events: Globalising Nonviolence
June 2005, No. 10
Editorial
Turkey: Maltreatment of conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan
Greece: Joint statement of WRI, Amnesty International, and the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection
Chile: Protests against military service following the death of conscripts
Israel: High Court refuses to accept Yonathan Ben-Artzi as conscientious objector
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: WRI Seminar 2005 in South Korea
May 2005, No. 9
Editorial
War Resisters' International delegation to Turkey
Broken Rifle No 66 published - conscientious objection in Greece
Quaker Council for European Affairs launches report "The Right to Conscientious Objection in Europe"
Abraham Gebreyseus Mehreteab represents War Resisters' International at UN Human Rights Commission
Turkmenistan: All imprisoned conscientious objectors released
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: International Conscientious Objectors' Day // WRI Seminar 2005 in South Korea
April 2005, No. 8
Editorial
Conscientious objection and desertion in Eritrea
Greece: WRI at the United Nations Human Rights Committee
Greece: Good News
Chile: Senate rejects regulation for conscientious objection
Serbia: Expats organise for amnesty for draft evaders
Israel: New Shiministim refusal letter signed by 250 youth
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: 15 May - International Conscientious Objectors' Day // WRI Seminar 2005 in South Korea // Globalising Nonviolence // Housmans Peace Diary 2005 available
March 2005, No. 7
Editorial
A Festival for Deserters in Moscow
Azerbaijan: Supreme Court does not recognise constitutional right to conscientious objection
Serbia: Numbers of conscientious objectors grow - change in regulations
Uganda: Ugandan Army allows former child soldiers into its ranks
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: International Conscientious Objectors' Day // WRI Seminar 2005 in South Korea // Housmans Peace Diary 2005 available
February 2005, No. 6
Editorial
British soldier ready to refuse Iraq deployment
Eritrea - testimony of a war resister
Serbia: Diaspora concripts unable to return
US war resisters
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: Deserters' Festival in Moscow // International Conscientious Objectors' Day // WRI Seminar 2005 in South Korea // Housmans Peace Diary 2005 available
January 2005, No. 5
Editorial
War Resisters' International campaign on Greek Conscientious Objectors
Russia: One year of CO legislation
Russia/Britain: Russian deserter granted asylum in Britain
USA: Gulf war deserters and conscientious objectors
New Conscientious Objector
Turkey: Action in support of imprisoned conscientious objector
Armenia: First legal conscientious objectors - but others still in prison
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: International Conscientious Objectors Day // WRI Seminar 2005 in South Korea // Housmans Peace Diary 2005 available
December 2004, No. 4
Editorial
1 December 2004 - Prisoners for Peace Day
South Korea: More than 750 conscientious objectors in prison
Eritrea: Army rounds up draft evaders / Connection e.V. releases booklet on Eritrea
Hungary suspended conscription
USA: Former GIs don't want to go to war
Poland: Human Rights Committee demands shorter substitute service
Serbia and Montenegro: More than 12000 COs in first year
Upcoming events: 1 December - Prisoners for Peace Day // International Conscientious Objectors Day // WRI Seminar 2005 in South Korea // Housmans Peace Diary 2005 available
November 2004, No. 3
Editorial
The precarious position of women objectors in Israel
Turkey: Brief arrest of conscientious objector
Korea: Two CO cases submitted to UN Human Rights Committee
Britain: Muslim Iraq war objector looses appeal
Azerbaijan: Conscientious objector claim rejected
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: Prisoners for Peace Day // WRI Seminar 2005 in South Korea // Housmans Peace Diary 2005 available
October 2004, No. 2
Editorial
War Resisters' International at CO conference in Sarajevo
Greece: Substitute service now 23 months - but repression of COs continues
Russia: Start of substitute service for conscientious objectors
Finland: War Resisters' International releases report on imprisonment of conscientious objectors in Finland
USA: Amnesty International alert on imprisonment of a conscientious objector
Eritrea: Conscientious objectors imprisoned for a decade - without charge
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: European Social Forum in London // Prisoners for Peace Day 2004 // WRI Seminar 2005 in South Korea
September 2004, No. 1
Editorial
War Resisters' International visit to South Korea
South Korea: Constitutional Court decides against right to conscientious objection
Chile: New WRI section MOC Rompiendo Filas takes nonviolent direct action
Britain: Mother of soldier killed in Iraq starts petition for withdrawal
Israel: New Profile report on child recruitment released
Israel: Conscientious objectors in and out of prison
Italy ends compulsory military service on 1 January 2005
Kyrgyzstan to shorten military service from 2006
Recent co-alerts
Upcoming events: Friedrich-Siegmund-Schultze Award for WRI // Prisoners for Peace Day 2004