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Human Rights Watch Report: Military recruitment of children persists in Northeast Syria
A recent report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed that the Revolutionary Youth Movement of Syria is still recruiting children as young as 12. This is happening despite promises from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration to stop the recruitment of children. HRW is urging the SDF and the US, which provides military support to the SDF, to take immediate action to stop the recruitment of children.
Ukraine: About 300 criminal cases against conscientious objectors
The number of new criminal cases against conscientious objectors has surged since summer 2024 after the General Prosecutor's Office wrote to local prosecutors. About 300 conscientious objectors now face criminal investigations which could lead – if cases reach court and end in convictions – to a 3 to 5 year jail term.
133,000 men to be drafted in Russia’s autumn recruitment campaign
Russia has started its autumn 2024 military recruitment campaign, aiming to enlist 133,000 men, many of whom are expected to be deployed to the ongoing war in Ukraine. This would be the second routine recruitment campaign since the maximum age was raised from 27 to 30 years.
“Learning from our pain”: the impact of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands
When the US military detonated the most powerful bomb they had ever tested over Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands - a hydrogen bomb code-named "Castle Bravo", with 1000 times the explosive power of the Hiroshima bomb - Lijon Eknilang and the inhabitants of Rongelap Atoll and neighbouring atolls could not have known the impact it would have.