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Swiss to vote on stricter rules for conscientious objection

The Swiss will vote Sunday on imposing stricter rules for claiming conscientious objection to military service, as the war in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

After the Concept of Peaceful Disobedience Was Established in America, It Traveled Around the World Before Taking Hold

The Quaker practice of conscientious objection evolved through Thoreau, Tolstoy and Gandhi before becoming the hallmark of ...
World Socialist Web Site

German Federal Court of Justice rules: Ukrainian conscientious objectors may be extradited

On January 16, the German Federal Court of Justice ruled in a landmark decision that the extradition of a conscientious objector to the war in Ukraine is permissible. The question was whether the ...
bianet

Conscientious objector to serve prison sentence, marking first case in a decade

A court in Sivas has sentenced conscientious objector Çınar Koçgiri Doğan to five months in prison for refusing compulsory military service, making him the first conscientious objector in nearly a ...
Jurist

Thailand urged to drop charges against conscientious objector

Amnesty International on Friday condemned Thailand’s charges against activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, who is facing trial on September 9 for refusing military conscription ...
AOL

All the requirements for conscientious objectors as WW3 draft fears soar

As the war with Iran escalates and conflict explodes across the Middle East, fears of a potential US military draft are rising. On Monday, Donald Trump gave conflicting messages about the war's ...