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Protection for Belarusian conscientious objectors like Vitali Dvarashyn and Mikita Sviryd
Lithuania should protect Belarusian conscientious objectors and deserters, grant adequate legal protection and prevent their deportation!
56th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Oral statements in support of conscientious objectors to military service
The 56th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council took place in Geneva between 18th June and 12th July 2024. During the 56th Session, War Resisters’ International, in collaboration with Connection e.V., has made oral statements on the right to conscientious objection to military service on several occasions.
Adbusting: Berlin and Helsinki activists demand asylum for conscientious objectors
Oops, what are Berlin ad posters doing in Helsinki? And why are they campaigning for asylum for conscientious objectors? The "adbusted" posters are calling for asylum for conscientious objectors from Belarus and Russia.
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe urges Turkey to recognise the right to conscientious objection to military service
Eighteen years after the ECtHR issued its first judgment in favour of conscientious objector Osman Murat Ülke, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a new interim resolution on violations of the right to conscientious objection to military service in Turkey.