Right to Refuse to Kill https://wri-irg.org/en en Germany: PRO ASYL and Connection e.V. criticise asylum rejections of Russian refusers https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/germany-pro-asyl-and-connection-ev-criticise-asylum-rejections-russian-refusers <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42694.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42694" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 22 Feb 2024</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--dynamic-twig-field:node-author-name-twig---custom.html.twig * field--default--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--default--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-dynamic-twig-fieldnode-author-name-twig field--type-ds field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Author(s)</div> <div class="field--item"> <span>Connection e.V. and PRO ASYL </span> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) continues to reject Russian refusers and obliges them to return to Russia. Connection e.V. and PRO ASYL are alarmed by the BAMF’s reasoning, which ignores the risk for Russian refusers of being recruited in a war that violates international law.</p> <p>The rate of asylum recognition has even decreased, as <a href="https://de.connection-ev.org/pdfs/2023-09_BMI_Antwort.pdf">figures from the Federal Ministry of the Interior show</a>. "According to our findings, this primarily affects those conscripts who had already evaded the military’s grasp in good time before being recruited. Ultimately, this means that German authorities will hand over Russian conscientious objectors to the Russian military for recruitment into a war that violates international law," says Rudi Friedrich, Director of the conscientious objection network Connection e.V.</p> <h3>EU tightens visa regulations</h3> <p>Connection e.V. last presented an <a href="https://en.connection-ev.org/article-3873">analysis</a> in September 2023, according to which at least 250,000 men liable for military service from Russia have left the country since the start of the war against Ukraine and are seeking protection in other countries. The majority have fled to neighbouring countries to the south, such as Kazakhstan or Georgia. Their situation there is often precarious because they often only have temporary residence status.</p> <p>"The European Union has allowed <a href="https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-09/Communication%20from%20the%20Commission%20on%20updating%20guidelines%20on%20general%20visa%20issuance%20in%20relation%20to%20Russian%20applicants%20and%20on%20providing%20guidelines%20on%20controls%20of%20Russian%20citizens%20at%20the%20external%20borders_en.pdf">visa regulations</a> to be tightened even further for Russians liable for military service instead of supporting their decision not to take part in the war," says Karl Kopp, Director of PRO ASYL. According to <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/MIGR_ASYAPPCTZM__custom_9238185/default/table?lang=en">Eurostat</a>, between February 2022 and the end of 2023, only around <a href="https://en.connection-ev.org/article-3873">9,000 men from Russia liable for military service</a> were able to apply for asylum in an European Union country.</p> <h3>Recognitions of asylum applications have decreased</h3> <p>In September 2023, the Federal Ministry of the Interior presented <a href="https://de.connection-ev.org/pdfs/2023-09_BMI_Antwort.pdf">detailed figures on male asylum applicants</a> in Germany between the ages of 18 and 45 from Russia. For the first eight months of 2023, the Federal Ministry of the Interior concluded that out of 904 applications processed, only eleven were granted asylum, 33 were rejected and in more than 800 cases, those affected were referred to asylum procedures in other countries such as Poland, Croatia or Finland.</p> <p>This means that the recognition rate actually fell from 2022 to 2023. While at least 40 per cent of the asylum applications examined in 2022 were still positive, the rate for January to September 2023 fell to just 25 per cent.</p> <p>Connection e.V. and PRO ASYL are particularly alarmed by the reasons given by the BAMF for rejecting asylum applications from military service personnel. In a decision dated 29 September 2023, the office stated in the case of a reservist who had already received a call-up notice that "the refusal of partial mobilisation alone does not constitute an act of persecution". It cannot be ruled out "that harsher punishments will be imposed on those who refuse to mobilise during the Ukraine war and in the further course of the war. However, according to the current legal situation, concrete enforcement is not very likely."</p> <h3>Conscripted into a war contrary to international law</h3> <p>Apart from possible criminal prosecution, however, the decisive circumstance is not addressed at all: The applicant would almost certainly be drafted into the war against Ukraine, which violates international law, if he returned to Russia. Judgements by the administrative courts in <a href="https://www.asyl.net/rsdb/m31630">Halle</a> and <a href="https://www.asyl.net/fileadmin/user_upload/31617.pdf">Berlin</a> show that this must very well lead to recognition.</p> <p>The practice of the Federal Office shows that the announcements made by politicians in favour of recognising Russian refusers are not worth much. "Apparently, only deserters are recognised, as announced by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. However, the large number of draft evaders are being rejected. This is an intolerable situation," says Rudi Friedrich, Director of Connection e.V.</p> <h3>Those who evade war deserve protection</h3> <p>PRO ASYL and Connection e.V. are calling on the German government to create opportunities to guarantee protection and asylum for conscientious objectors, draft evaders and deserters. This includes</p> <ul><li>Russian citizens must also be able to submit applications for admission to the European Union from countries outside Russia where they are threatened with deportation to Russia. They should be given access to humanitarian visas.</li> <li>No pushbacks! Reception of people seeking protection can only succeed if illegal pushbacks are stopped and people are given access to a fair asylum procedure. But the current visa regulations prevent many from reaching safe countries.</li> <li>With a view to asylum or another residence status, EU countries must not only develop criteria for deserters, but above all find solutions for the larger number of those withdrawing from military service. If they were forced to return to Russia, they would be subject to recruitment for a war that violates international law.</li> <li>The EU should adopt a reception programme so that those Russian citizens who have turned their backs on their country’s government at great risk are given opportunities for training and employment.</li> </ul><p><strong>Further information can be found</strong> in the background article by Connection e.V. "Russinnen und Russen, die sich dem Krieg verweigern" and on the PRO ASYL website in an abridged version, which is published <a href="https://www.proasyl.de/news/">here</a>.</p> <p><strong>PRO ASYL and Connection e.V. are part of the</strong> <a href="https://objectwarcampaign.org/en">#ObjectWarCampaign</a>, with which more than a hundred organisations across Europe are campaigning for the protection and asylum of conscientious objectors and deserters from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-author-information--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--field-author-information.html.twig * field--default--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * 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<div class="paragraph paragraph--type--authors-and-bios paragraph--id--_38 paragraph--view-mode--bio-only"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-bio--bio-only.html.twig * field--paragraph--field-bio--authors-and-bios.html.twig * field--paragraph--field-bio.html.twig * field--paragraph--authors-and-bios.html.twig * field--field-bio.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-bio field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Connection e.V. and PRO ASYL press release first published on 21st February 2024.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/paragraphs/paragraph.html.twig' --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 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field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=42694&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="oguQIanGG0QRkYm5Q4wvMSp8s-xelGTQLCOvxeHn5Uw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:02:00 +0000 cmoy 42694 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/germany-pro-asyl-and-connection-ev-criticise-asylum-rejections-russian-refusers#comments Armenia: Appeal court upholds conscientious objector's jail term https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/armenia-appeal-court-upholds-conscientious-objectors-jail-term <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42688.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42688" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 08 Feb 2024</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--dynamic-twig-field:node-author-name-twig---custom.html.twig * field--default--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--default--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-dynamic-twig-fieldnode-author-name-twig field--type-ds field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Author(s)</div> <div class="field--item"> <span>Felix Corley, Forum 18</span> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><strong>On 7 February, Yerevan's Criminal Court of Appeal rejected 20-year-old Baptist conscientious objector Davit Nazaretyan's appeal against a two-year jail term imposed in October 2023 for refusing military service. The judges ignored European Court of Human Rights judgments, including against Armenia. Nazaretyan's applications for alternative civilian service were repeatedly denied. He is considering a further appeal and will not be required to go to jail until any further appeal is heard. The last known jailed conscientious objector was freed in 2021.</strong></p> <p>On 7 February, a panel of three judges at Yerevan's Criminal Court of Appeal rejected Davit Nazaretyan's appeal against his two-year jail term imposed in October 2023 for refusing military service on grounds of conscience. He is considering a further appeal to the Cassation Court in Yerevan. The 20-year-old Baptist will not be required to go to jail until any further appeal is heard.</p> <p>Nazaretyan is the only conscientious objector known to be currently facing jail under Criminal Code Article 461, Part 1 ("Avoidance of mandatory military or alternative service or conscription").</p> <p>Despite Baptist conscientious objector Nazaretyan's repeated requests from June 2022 onwards for alternative civilian service, officials of the Conscription Service and of the Alternative Service Commission refused his application. On 25 October 2023, Yerevan's Kentron District Court handed him a two-year jail term for "Avoidance of mandatory military or alternative service or conscription" (see below).</p> <p>"The Criminal Court of Appeal left last October's decision unchanged," Nazaretyan's pastor Mikhail Shubin told Forum 18 from Yerevan after the 7 February 2024 hearing. "He has one month to appeal. When he gets the decision in writing he will decide whether to appeal further" (see below)</p> <p>Human rights defender Isabella Sargsyan of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation in Yerevan attended the appeal hearing. "This is very, very sad," she told Forum 18 from Yerevan after the decision was announced. She said Nazaretyan was "very sincere" in setting out his position in court. "Davit set out very clearly that he does not consider himself guilty of any crime, that he has been in the church since childhood and that he is ready to perform alternative service" (see below).</p> <p>"I am a Christian and I read the Bible," Nazaretyan told Forum 18 from Yerevan on 7 November 2023. "Jesus Christ teaches us not to kill and he followed this also. We have to love one another, even our enemies, and not kill people." He added that Jesus Christ also instructed his followers not to swear oaths. "If I was given alternative civilian service now, I would do it" (see below).</p> <p>"The judges seemed to be prejudiced against the religious community," Sarsgsyan said of the appeal hearing. "The court didn't take into consideration any of Davit's arguments about his right to alternative service, the decisions in similar cases of the European Court of Human Rights or anything else" (see below).</p> <p>Sargsyan of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation noted that the prosecution did not attend the 7 February 2024 hearing. "The Court in its questioning of Davit stressed the expert opinion of the Theology Faculty of Yerevan State University, treating its opinion with some respect." The Theology Faculty, led by an Armenian Apostolic Church Bishop, claimed that: "The creed of the Baptist Church and the analysis of the presented case materials allow us to state that Nazaretyan's freedom of thought, conscience and religion would not be restricted by military service" (see below).</p> <p>Nazaretyan's Baptist pastor strongly disputes this claim by another religious community about his and his Church's beliefs (see below).</p> <p>Bishop Anushavan and a lecturer at the Theology Faculty repeatedly did not respond to Forum 18's requests in November 2023 and on 8 February 2024 for comment. So Forum 18 was unable to find out why they offer views on beliefs they do not understand, and why they also offer views on a legally binding human rights obligation – the freedom of thought, conscience and belief – which they also do not understand (see below).</p> <p>Forum 18 asked the three Appeal Court judges – Marine Melkonyan, Armen Bektashyan and Anna Matevosyan – on the afternoon of 8 February why they had not taken their decision in Nazaretyan's case in the light of the jurisprudence (including in Armenian cases) of the European Court of Human Rights on the right to conscientious objection to military service, as part of the right to freedom of religion or belief. Forum 18 has not yet received any reply (see below).</p> <p>Vahe Sarkisyan, head of Yerevan Garrison Military Prosecutor's Office, defended the decision to bring the criminal case against Nazaretyan. "We have to respond if documents are sent to us," he told Forum 18. "But it was the court which took the decision [to sentence him], not the Prosecutor's Office." He refused to answer any other questions by phone (see below).</p> <p>Vardan Astsatryan of the government's Department for Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs, who sits on the Alternative Service Commission, rejected suggestions that the Alternative Service Commission discriminated against conscientious objectors who are not Jehovah's Witnesses. "We gave alternative service to a Molokan about five years ago," he claimed to Forum 18 (see below).</p> <p>Forum 18 asked the office of the Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan on 7 February about Nazaretyan's case and what it is doing (if anything) to support him and others who cannot perform military service on grounds of conscience. An official said an appropriate colleague would respond with a comment. Forum 18 has received no reply (see below).</p> <p>The last known convicted conscientious objector, Maksim Telegin, a Molokan from Yerevan who had been refused alternative civilian service, was freed early from his one-year jail term in 2021 after three months. Jehovah's Witnesses told Forum 18 that their young men do not have problems opting for alternative civilian service (see below).</p> <p>Sargsyan of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation noted that Astsatryan of the Department for Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs is the only Commission member with expertise in the area of freedom of religion or belief. "So the Commission seems to follow his recommendation in each case. My experience suggests that government officials - except those who deal with human rights professionally - are not well educated in human rights issues, and often lead by their own perceptions and biases when dealing with matters related to minority rights," Sargsyan noted (see below).</p> <h2>Military service, alternative civilian service</h2> <p>All men in Armenia are subject to conscription between the ages of 18 and 27. Deferments are available in strictly limited circumstances. Military service lasts for 24 months. Those subject to conscription can apply for service without weapons within the armed forces, which lasts 30 months, or for alternative civilian service, which lasts 36 months.</p> <p>For many years, Armenia jailed those unable to perform military service on grounds of conscience, despite a commitment to the Council of Europe to introduce a civilian alternative to military service by January 2004. In May 2013, amendments to the 2003 Alternative Service Law and to the 2003 Law on Implementing the Criminal Code <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=1844">were passed</a>, and a fully civilian alternative service was created. By November 2013, the authorities had <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=1901">freed all the then-jailed jailed conscientious objectors</a>. All were Jehovah's Witnesses.</p> <p>Jehovah's Witnesses told Forum 18 on 6 February 2024 that their young men do not have problems opting for alternative civilian service. Since 2013 hundreds of their young men have undertaken alternative civilian service.</p> <h2>International standards</h2> <p>The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee has stated in its <a href="https://www.refworld.org/docid/453883fb22.html">General Comment 22</a> that conscientious objection to military service comes under International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Article 18 ("Freedom of thought, conscience and religion"). General Comment 22 notes that if a religion or belief is official or followed by a majority of the population this "shall not result in any impairment of the enjoyment of any of the rights under the Covenant .. nor in any discrimination against adherents to other religions or non-believers."</p> <p>In relation to conscientious objection to military service, General Comment 22 also states among other things: "there shall be no differentiation among conscientious objectors on the basis of the nature of their particular beliefs; likewise, there shall be no discrimination against conscientious objectors because they have failed to perform military service."</p> <p>This has been reinforced by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/conscientious-objection">recognising</a> "the right of everyone to have conscientious objection to military service as a legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion". The OHCHR has also noted in its <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/publications/special-issue-publications/conscientious-objection-military-service">Conscientious Objection to Military Service guide</a> that ICCPR Article 18 is "a non-derogable right .. even during times of a public emergency threatening the life of the nation".</p> <p>In 2022 the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stated (<a href="https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/WGAD-HRC50.pdf">WGAD-HRC50</a>) that "the right to conscientious objection to military service is part of the absolutely protected right to hold a belief under article 18 (1) of the Covenant, which cannot be restricted by States". The Working Group also stated: "States should refrain from imprisoning individuals solely on the basis of their conscientious objection to military service, and should release those that have been so imprisoned."</p> <p>Various judgments (including against Armenia) of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg have also defined states' obligations to respect and implement the <a href="https://www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/echr/guide_art_9_eng">right to conscientious objection to military service</a>, as part of the right to freedom of religion or belief.</p> <h2>Alternative Service Commission "not well educated in human rights issues"</h2> <p>Human rights defender Isabella Sargsyan of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation questions whether the Alternative Service Commission is competent to evaluate who should or should not be given alternative civilian service. "It is meant to be a public body, but in reality it is a fully government body, staffed mainly with deputy ministers not always knowledgeable or sensitive to human rights and minority issues," she <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">told Forum 18 in November 2023</a>.</p> <p>Sargsyan noted that Vardan Astsatryan of the Department for Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs is the only Commission member with expertise in the area of freedom of religion or belief.</p> <p>"So the Commission seems to follow his recommendation in each case. My experience suggests that government officials - except those who deal with human rights professionally – are not well educated in human rights issues, and often lead by their own perceptions and biases when dealing with matters related to minority rights," Sargsyan noted.</p> <h2>Appeal rejected</h2> <p>Davit Nazaretyan submitted his appeal against his two-year jail term <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">imposed in October 2023</a> for refusing military service on grounds of conscience to Yerevan's Criminal Court of Appeal. On 7 February 2024, a panel of three judges – Marine Melkonyan, Armen Bektashyan and Anna Matevosyan - rejected Nazaretyan's appeal.</p> <p>Nazaretyan will have one month from receiving the appeal court decision in writing to lodge a further appeal to the Cassation Court in Yerevan. He is considering a further appeal, and will not be required to go to jail until any further appeal is heard.</p> <p>"The court left last November's decision unchanged," Nazaretyan's pastor Mikhail Shubin told Forum 18 from Yerevan after the hearing. "He has one month to appeal. When he gets the decision in writing he will decide whether to appeal further." The pastor added that about a dozen church members attended the appeal hearing in Nazaretyan's support.</p> <p>Human rights defender Sargsyan of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation in Yerevan also attended the appeal hearing. "This is very, very sad," she told Forum 18 from Yerevan after the decision was announced. "Davit set out very clearly that he does not consider himself guilty of any crime, that he has been in the church since childhood and that he is ready to perform alternative service. He was very sincere."</p> <p>Sargsyan said the whole hearing was over in about 40 minutes, including 10 minutes while the judges withdrew to consider their decision. "It was all very rapid. The Judges didn't get into the essence of the case. The judges seemed to be prejudiced against the religious community," she added. "The court didn't take into consideration any of Davit's arguments about his right to alternative service, the decisions in similar cases of the European Court of Human Rights or anything else."</p> <p>Sargsyan noted that the prosecution did not attend the 7 February 2024 hearing. "The Court in its questioning of Davit stressed the expert opinion of the Theology Faculty of Yerevan State University, treating its opinion with some respect." The Theology Faculty, led by an Armenian Apostolic Church Bishop, claimed that: "The creed of the Baptist Church and the analysis of the presented case materials allow us to state that Nazaretyan's freedom of thought, conscience and religion would not be restricted by military service" (see below).</p> <p>Nazaretyan's Baptist pastor strongly disputes this claim by another religious community about his and his Church's beliefs (see below).</p> <p>Forum 18 asked the three Appeal Court judges – Melkonyan, Bektashyan and Matevosyan – on the afternoon of 8 February in writing why they had not taken their decision in Nazaretyan's case in the light of the jurisprudence (including in Armenian cases) of the European Court of Human Rights on the <a href="https://www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/echr/guide_art_9_eng">right to conscientious objection to military service</a>, as part of the right to freedom of religion or belief. Forum 18 had received no reply by the end of the working day in Yerevan of 8 February.</p> <p>Vahe Sarkisyan, head of Yerevan Garrison Military Prosecutor's Office, would not discuss with Forum 18 why no prosecutor had been sent to the appeal hearing.</p> <p>Forum 18 asked the office of the Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan on 7 February about Nazaretyan's case and what it is doing (if anything) to support him and others who cannot perform military service on grounds of conscience. An official said an appropriate colleague would respond with a comment. Forum 18 had received no reply by the end of the working day in Yerevan of 8 February.<br />  </p> <h2>2021 one-year jail sentence for Molokan</h2> <p>Davit Tigrani Nazaretyan (born 23 July 2003) is the only conscientious objector known to be currently facing jail under Criminal Code Article 461, Part 1 ("Avoidance of mandatory military or alternative service or conscription").</p> <p>The last known convicted conscientious objector, Maksim Mikhaili Telegin (born 15 November 1998), a Molokan from Yerevan who had been refused alternative civilian service in 2016, was jailed for one year by Judge Tatevik Grigoryan at Yerevan City Court on 23 March 2021, according to court records. He was freed early from his jail term after about three months.</p> <p>Molokans are followers of a Christian church which emerged in the Russian Empire in the late 18th century, and which is often compared to Protestant churches. Molokans conscientiously object to military service in any country they live in.</p> <p>Telegin had applied for alternative civilian service on 23 August 2016, explaining that he is a Molokan and that his faith does not allow him to take up weapons. The Alternative Service Commission rejected his application, claiming that he "did not justify that his duty to undergo compulsory military service is in serious and weighty conflict with his conscience or deep and true religious belief or other beliefs", according to the 2021 court verdict. The Commission claimed he sought alternative civilian service "for reasons of personal interest or convenience".</p> <p>Vardan Astsatryan, head of the Department for Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs, was one of the five Commission members who unanimously rejected Telegin's application for alternative civilian service.</p> <p>On 14 June 2018, the Administrative Court rejected Telegin's challenge to the Alternative Service Commission rejection.</p> <p>Military prosecutors had already launched a criminal case against Telegin under Article 327, Part 1 of the then Criminal Code. (A new Criminal Code came into force on 1 July 2022.) On 12 July 2019, Yerevan Garrison Military Prosecutor's Office finally sent the case to court. In 2020 the judge in the case was removed and Judge Grigoryan took over the case.</p> <p>Telegin set out in court his objection to serving in the military. "Defendant Maksim Telegin testified during the trial that his religion forbids taking up arms and swearing an oath, so he cannot go to military service," the 2021 verdict – seen by Forum 18 - notes. "He himself is guided by the Gospel, where it says that it is forbidden to carry weapons or to take an oath. He stated that since he is a faithful Christian, he cannot violate the message in the Gospel."</p> <p>Astsatryan of the Department for Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs would not discuss Telegin's case. But he insisted that decisions to accept or reject applications for alternative civilian service are taken by the Alternative Service Commission which listens to the cases presented to it.</p> <p>Astsatryan rejected suggestions that the Commission discriminated against conscientious objectors who are not Jehovah's Witnesses. "We gave alternative service to a Molokan about five years ago," he told Forum 18 on 8 February 2024. He was unable to give the young man's name or say exactly when he was given alternative civilian service.</p> <p>Vahe Sarkisyan, head of Yerevan Garrison Military Prosecutor's Office, refused to discuss with Forum 18 on 8 February 2024 why his office had brought the criminal case against Telegin.</p> <h2>"My religion does not allow me to carry weapons"</h2> <p>Davit Nazaretyan lives in the capital Yerevan and is a member of a Council of Churches Baptist congregation in Arinj, a town next to Yerevan. The congregation – which chooses not to seek state registration - is led by Pastor Mikhail Shubin.</p> <p>Despite his <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">repeated requests for alternative civilian service</a>, officials of the Conscription Service and of the Alternative Service Commission refused Nazaretyan's application. On 25 October, Judge Gagik Pogosyan of Yerevan's Kentron District Court handed the 20-year-old a two-year jail term for "Avoidance of mandatory military or alternative service or conscription".</p> <p>"Davit asked for alternative civilian service," Baptist Pastor Shubin – who attended the trial and the appeal hearing with other Baptists - <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">told Forum 18</a>. "If the law allows this, why didn't they give it to him? If an individual's conscientious views do not allow him to carry weapons or swear the oath, why didn't they give him alternative service?"</p> <p>Judge Pogosyan's assistant refused to put Forum 18 through to the Judge to find out why he jailed an individual who could not serve in the military on grounds of conscience and who is ready to perform alternative civilian service. "Everything is written in the verdict," the assistant – who did not give his name - told Forum 18.</p> <p>"I am a Christian and I read the Bible," Nazaretyan <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">told Forum 18</a>. "Jesus Christ teaches us not to kill and he followed this also. We have to love one another, even our enemies, and not kill people." He added that Jesus Christ also instructed his followers not to swear oaths. "If I was given alternative civilian service now, I would do it."</p> <p>Forum 18 was unable to ask Serop Armenakyan of Yerevan's No. 2 Regional Division of the Conscription Service why he had <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">refused to accept Nazaretyan's application for alternative civilian service</a> in July 2022. The duty officer told Forum 18 that Armenakyan was out of the office. He insisted that "all here work according to the law". He added that decisions on whether to grant alternative civilian service are taken not by the local office of the Conscription Service but by the Alternative Service Commission.</p> <p>In early 2023, while the criminal investigation was already underway, officials <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">summoned Nazaretyan to the Alternative Service Commission</a>. This is a state body made up of deputy ministers from a range of ministries, as well as Vardan Astsatryan of the Department for Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs. On 23 January, it accepted all the Jehovah's Witnesses' applications for alternative civilian service, but rejected Nazaretyan's.</p> <p>Arkady Cherchinyan, head of the Territorial Management and Infrastructure Ministry's Administrative Control Department, who officials said was in charge of alternative service issues at the Ministry, told Forum 18 that he had not participated in the 23 January meetings with applicants for alternative civilian service and refused to discuss anything.</p> <p>Asked why the Commission rejected Nazaretyan's application, Astsatryan of the Department for Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs said he does not remember the name. "If he has these views he should have presented them," he <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">told Forum 18 in November 2023</a>.</p> <p>On 8 February 2024, Astsatryan claimed to Forum 18 that the Commission rejected Nazaretyan's application as it had not been convinced by his case. "Why couldn't he present his views convincingly?"</p> <p>Forum 18 told Astsatryan that in November 2023, Nazaretyan had <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">clearly and logically explained his conscientious reasons</a> why he could not serve in the military and his readiness to perform alternative civilian service. Yet Astsatryan claimed again that Nazaretyan had not been able to explain this to the Commission</p> <p>Investigator Arsen Topchyan handed documents on Nazaretyan's case to the Theology Faculty of Yerevan State University and asked it to <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">review his religious views</a>. The Theology Faculty is led by Bishop Anushavan Jamkochyan of the Armenian Apostolic Church.</p> <p>On 17 April 2023 the Faculty claimed that the case materials on Nazaretyan's religious affiliation were allegedly "contradictory". Despite admitting that Nazaretyan regularly attends a Baptist Church with his family, the Theological Faculty claimed: "We conclude from all this that Nazaretyan's religious worldview is either not clearly formed, or he himself does not clearly know what religious affiliation he has. We also do not rule out that his statements are opportunistic."</p> <p>The Theology Faculty <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">also claimed</a>: "The creed of the Baptist Church and the analysis of the presented case materials allow us to state that Nazaretyan's freedom of thought, conscience and religion would not be restricted by military service."</p> <p>However, Pastor Shubin says that he and his Church think that decisions on whether or not church members should serve in the military are "a personal decision for each church member based on their conscience", he <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">told Forum 18 in November 2023</a>. "We support Davit in his decision."</p> <p>Bishop Anushavan and a lecturer at the Theology Faculty repeatedly did not respond to Forum 18's requests in November 2023 and on 8 February 2024 for comment. So Forum 18 was unable to find out <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">why they offer views on beliefs they do not understand</a>, and why they also offer views on a legally binding human rights obligation – the freedom of thought, conscience and belief – which they also do not understand.</p> <p>Investigator Topchyan confirmed to Forum 18 that he had been the investigator in Nazaretyan's case. But he refused to explain why he handed case materials to and asked for an assessment of Nazaretyan's religious beliefs from the Theology Faculty, which is led by a member of another religious community. It also remains unclear <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">why he sought views on the implementation of Armenia's legally binding human rights obligations</a> from a group which does not understand Armenia's obligations.</p> <p>As Investigator Topchyan refused to discuss the case in October 2023 and on 8 November 2024 did not answer his phone, Forum 18 was also not able to ask him why he thought Armenia's international human rights obligation to respect the rights of conscientious objectors to military service should not apply in Nazaretyan's case.</p> <p>Anna Barsegyan of Yerevan Garrison Military Prosecutor's Office, who led the case, including in court, did not in November 2023 answer Forum 18's questions about why she <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2873">brought the criminal case against Nazaretyan</a> when he cannot serve in the armed forces because of his conscientious beliefs. </p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-author-information--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--field-author-information.html.twig * field--default--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--field-author-information.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--node--field-author-information.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-author-information.html.twig * field--entity-reference-revisions.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author-information field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Author information</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'paragraph' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * paragraph--authors-and-bios--bio-only.html.twig * paragraph--authors-and-bios.html.twig * paragraph--bio-only.html.twig x paragraph.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/paragraphs/paragraph.html.twig' --> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--authors-and-bios paragraph--id--_36 paragraph--view-mode--bio-only"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-bio--bio-only.html.twig * field--paragraph--field-bio--authors-and-bios.html.twig * field--paragraph--field-bio.html.twig * field--paragraph--authors-and-bios.html.twig * field--field-bio.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-bio field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Felix Corley, <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2891"><em>Forum 18</em></a>. 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* field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 08 Feb 2024</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--dynamic-twig-field:node-author-name-twig---custom.html.twig * field--default--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--default--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * 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field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><h2>Connection e.V. and DFG-VK concerned about draft law</h2> <p>Yesterday, the Ukrainian parliament passed a <a href="https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/Card/43604">draft</a> amendment to the law on military service in its first reading that will change recruitment practices in the country. Connection e.V. and the German Peace Society – United War Resisters (DFG-VK) opposes this tightening and call on the Ukrainian government and the European Union to ensure the protection of conscientious objectors.</p> <p>"Conscientious objection to military service is a human right," explains Rudi Friedrich from Connection e.V. "The European Court of Human Rights has established this in a <a href="https://en.connection-ev.org/article-1412">landmark ruling</a>. Ukraine is not abiding by it, sending conscientious objectors to the front or subjecting them to long prison sentences. This is unacceptable."</p> <p>"All those who refuse to go to war must be granted protection – from Ukraine and from Russia," added the political director of the DFG-VK, Michael Schulze von Glaßer: "Germany must not deport any refugees who are threatened with forced recruitment"</p> <p>The amendment to the law is intended to introduce a comprehensive reporting obligation in the military register, which also applies to women in medical professions. An electronic database is to make it possible to send binding conscription and draft notices online to access data of Ukrainians living abroad. At the same time, conscripts who do not comply with summonses to military service are threatened with the withdrawal of their driving license and the freezing of their bank accounts.</p> <p>The Ukrainian parliament’s human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, had <a href="https://telegra-ph.translate.goog/SHCHo-ne-tak-%D1%96z-novim-zakonoproyektom-pro-mob%D1%96l%D1%96zac%D1%96yu-02-06?_x_tr_sl=uk&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp">criticized the draft</a> in advance, partly because it did not provide for the right to an alternative service. He later withdrew this criticism. "The pressure from the military is enormous," said Yurii Sheliazhenko from the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement. The group campaigns for the human right to conscientious objection to military service in Ukraine.</p> <p>As the right to conscientious objection has been suspended, conscientious objectors have been sentenced to several years in prison since the beginning of the war, sometimes on probation. In some cases, conscientious objectors have been sent to war zones without trial. Yurii Sheliazhenko from the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement explains in a <a href="https://de.connection-ev.org/pdfs/2023-11-25_UkraineCO.pdf">detailed statement</a>: "Our research has revealed eight recent sentences punishing conscientious objectors, denying the right of access to alternative service."</p> <p>Conscientious objectors are generally prosecuted as draft evaders under Art. 336 of the Criminal Code for evading conscription during mobilization. This can be sanctioned with a prison sentence of three to five years, which can be suspended on probation. The consequence of probation is that the prison sentence must be served in the event of a renewed call-up and refusal.</p> <p>The Ukrainian Pacifist Movement points out that the <a href="https://de.connection-ev.org/pdfs/2023-11-25_UkraineCO.pdf">number of criminal proceedings</a> for draft evasion, AWOL, and desertion in Ukraine increased significantly between 2022 and 2023. Between January and September 2023, almost 19,000 criminal proceedings were conducted for military offenses.</p> <p>According to estimates by Connection e.V., there are over 325,000 Ukrainians in the European Union who are liable for military service, around 100,000 of whom are in Germany. They are granted temporary humanitarian residence until March 4, 2025, through the application of the Temporary Protection Directive. It is still unclear whether Ukrainian refugees will have to return afterwards. If this is the case, conscripts would face recruitment or prosecution.</p> <p>"Many Ukrainians are already turning to Connection e.V.," says Rudi Friedrich, "to find out how they can avoid recruitment and prosecution. They are worried about the Ukrainian government’s demands to extradite them. We must empathize that there is no legal basis for these demands. Extradition for military offenses is forbidden under the European Convention on Extradition."</p> <p>"No one should be forced," warns Michael Schulze von Glaßer, "to pick up a weapon and kill other people – and no one should be forced to expose themselves to the deadly dangers at the front."</p> <p>According to Connection e.V. and the DFG-VK, the human right to conscientious objection is an inalienable human right that applies to all people, even during war. "Ukraine must be measured against this," adds Schulze von Glaßer. "We strongly condemn demands from German politicians to respond to Ukraine’s demands and, for example, to cut citizens’ benefits. They must not be treated worse than other refugees. Rather, given the situation of conscientious objectors from Ukraine, it is necessary to grant them permanent protection."</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-author-information--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--field-author-information.html.twig * field--default--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--field-author-information.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--node--field-author-information.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-author-information.html.twig * field--entity-reference-revisions.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Programmes &amp; Projects</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/1" hreflang="en">Right to Refuse to Kill</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-countries--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-countries.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Countries</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/157" hreflang="en">Ukraine</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/101" hreflang="en">Germany</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-theme--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-theme.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/57" hreflang="en">Conscientious objection</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=42687&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="_SxlcVMvj1gNgglAI-Nw2d7NcIwaoMMgeu7lrImB0dY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:30:00 +0000 cmoy 42687 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/ukraine-tougher-recruitment-no-right-conscientious-objection#comments Cyprus (North): Conscientious objector Halil Karapaşoğlu on trial https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/cyprus-north-conscientious-objector-halil-karapasoglu-trial <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42677.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42677" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-image--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image.html.twig * field--expert--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-image.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2024-02/424905876_735641605337277_2674996247796522529_n.jpeg?itok=mFdNhcte 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-02/424905876_735641605337277_2674996247796522529_n.jpeg?itok=L84yaJTz 1x" type="image/jpeg"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-02/424905876_735641605337277_2674996247796522529_n.jpeg?itok=L84yaJTz" alt="Conscientious objectors Mustafa Hürben (left) and Halil Karapaşoğlu (right) in front of the court with their supporters" title="Conscientious objectors Mustafa Hürben (left) and Halil Karapaşoğlu (right) in front of the court with their supporters" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption">Conscientious objectors Mustafa Hürben (left) and Halil Karapaşoğlu (right) in front of the court with their supporters</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 01 Feb 2024</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>On Thursday (1st February), conscientious objector Halil Karapaşoğlu from North Cyprus (self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus [TRNC]) was on trial at the Security Forces Court in the northern part of Nicosia for his refusal to respond to the reserve call. Halil's case has been postponed to 14th March, 2024.</p> <p>In the TRNC, military service of up to 15 months – followed by annual one-day “mobilisation” training – is obligatory for adult male citizens, and conscientious objection to military service is not recognised.</p> <p>In January, another conscientious objector, Mustafa Hürben, from North Cyprus <a href="https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/cyprus-north-conscientious-objector-mustafa-hurben-imprisoned">was on trial for refusing to participate in the reserve service</a>. He was sentenced to a fine of 800 TL (approx 25 Euros). Because he refused to pay the fine, he spent 3 days in prison.</p> <p>WRI will be following Halil Karapaşoğlu's case closely. We stand in solidarity with Halil and Mustafa, and denounce the continuing prosecutions and imprisonments of conscientious objectors in north Cyprus. Turkish-Cypriots should urgently have the human right to conscientious objection to military service recognised by law.</p> <p>Read our <a href="https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/turkish-cypriots-should-urgently-have-human-right-conscientious-objection-military">recent statement</a> with the <em>European Bureau for Conscientious Objection</em> (EBCO), <em>International Fellowship of Reconciliation </em>(IFOR), <em>Connection e.V.</em> <a href="https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/turkish-cypriots-should-urgently-have-human-right-conscientious-objection-military">here</a>.</p> <p>Follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kibristavicdaniret?__cft__[0]=AZW9_5zkpjXvm6G3QKhyduWdT8FPaJWpXHa2qLyPCSouISRQdgU1NdX-6nLpL--ZM7CAW2-4hpfyfbMJdM2a2i1h-4wxLofxvLlZiLIeLbEH7VyphGJdA_nmO2QX2G8bR_lTPzJmFvm9kLAxWv3RWchkz91oZZWQBguqZB9AwaJXsS-VD327StrIVMstmLfC0qIBGiNnb5p0rvswH7JGoUfD&amp;__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0">Kıbrıs'ta vicdani ret</a> (Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus) for 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15:10:00 +0000 cmoy 42677 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/cyprus-north-conscientious-objector-halil-karapasoglu-trial#comments Turkish-Cypriots should urgently have the human right to conscientious objection to military service recognised by law https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/turkish-cypriots-should-urgently-have-human-right-conscientious-objection-military <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42674.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42674" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME 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'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2024-01/screenshot_2024-01-24_at_15.13.15.png?itok=uahbm_R4 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-01/screenshot_2024-01-24_at_15.13.15.png?itok=oqvW-MG3 1x" type="image/png"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-01/screenshot_2024-01-24_at_15.13.15.png?itok=oqvW-MG3" alt="poster for the joints statement in support of Mustafa Hurben" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 24 Jan 2024</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p style="margin-top:8px; text-align:justify">The <a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/">European Bureau for Conscientious Objection</a> (EBCO), <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/">War Resisters’ International</a> (WRI), the <a href="http://www.ifor.org/">International Fellowship of Reconciliation</a> (IFOR), and <a href="http://www.Connection-eV.org/">Connection e.V.</a> (Germany) <strong>denounce the continuing prosecutions and imprisonments of conscientious objectors in the northern, Turkish-occupied, part of Cyprus </strong>(the self-styled “Turkish Republic of North Cyprus”). They are clearly blatant human rights violations. <strong>The right to conscientious objection to military service should be urgently recognised in line with the European and international law and human rights standards.</strong></p> <p>The four organisations express their <strong>deep disappointment about the imprisonment of Mustafa Hürben</strong> on 23 January 2024. He is a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely for his genuine opposition to the compulsory military service. Moreover, the four organisations express their <strong>grave concern about the new prosecution of Halil Karapaşaoğlu</strong>, despite the fact that his conviction on the same charges in 2019 has already been referred to the European Court of Human Rights (see below). He is also a genuine conscientious objector, prosecuted solely for his beliefs; the four orgnisations call for the dropping of all charges against him.</p> <p>EBCO Chief Editor <strong>Derek Brett</strong> and WRI Executive Committee member <strong>Merve Arkun </strong>attended as <strong>international observers</strong> at the trial of Mustafa Hürben on 18 January 2024 at the Security Forces Court (the Military Court) in the northern part of Nicosia. Even the prosecution did not challenge Hürben’s right to conscientious objection, but as there is no legislative provision the Judge explained that the option of acquittal was not available. However, in view of the existing international jurisprudence outlined by Hürben’s counsel, the Court was reluctant to impose any more than the most nominal penalty, namely a fine of 800TL (approximately €25). By law, if this was not paid within five days he would be imprisoned for three days. Hürben announced in Court that he had no intention of paying the fine, and asked if he could go directly to prison, but the due process had to be followed, and he was accordingly arrested yesterday (Tuesday 23rd January), symbolically in front of the Parliament building during a solidarity action organised by the Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus (Kıbrıs'ta Vicdani Ret).</p> <p><strong>Derek Brett </strong>will again attend as <strong>international observer </strong>at the trial of Halil Karapaşaoğlu, also at the Security Forces Court in the northern part of Nicosia on 1 February 2024 – next Thursday.</p> <p><strong>The four organisations call the Parliament to recognise that there is a right of conscientious objection to military service</strong>, as the judge did yesterday, but until there is legislation on procedures to implement it their hands are tied if any case of a refuser is brought before them. There were precedents in Colombia and Korea for the courts recognising the right before the politicians did.</p> <p>The four organisations express their <strong>solidarity with the Turkish-Cypriots conscientious objectors</strong> as well as with <strong>the Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus</strong>, and remind that the following<strong> three cases of conscientious objectors from the northern part of Cyprus are already pending against Türkiye before the European Court of Human Rights</strong> (ECtHR) <a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="" id="_ftnref1">[1]</a>:</p> <ol><li><strong>Halil Karapaşaoğlu</strong> v. Türkiye (case number 40627/19). The case was accepted by the ECtHR on 10/01/2020. <a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title="" id="_ftnref2">[2]</a> On 05/07/2019 Halil Karapaşaoğlu submitted an application to the ECtHR against Türkiye for violations of articles 5, 6 and 9 of the European Convention of Human Rights: (Art. 5) Right to liberty and security, (Art. 6) Right to a fair trial, (Art. 9) Freedom of thought, conscience and religion.</li> <li><strong>Haluk Selam Tufanlı</strong> v. Türkiye (case number 29367/15 <a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title="" id="_ftnref3">[3]</a>). The application concerns the refusal of the applicant, a conscientious objector, to attend reservist service for military mobilisation training in 2011. On 02/06/2015 Haluk Selam Tufanlı submitted an application to the ECtHR against Türkiye for violations of articles 5 § 1, 4 and 5, 9 and 13 of the European Convention of Human Rights: (Art. 5) Right to liberty and security, (Art. 9) Freedom of thought, conscience and religion, (Art. 13) Right to an effective remedy.</li> <li><strong>Murat Kanatlı</strong> v. Türkiye (case number 18382/15 <a href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title="" id="_ftnref4">[4]</a>). The application concerns the refusal of the applicant, who is a conscientious objector and an activist, to attend reservist service when called to attend training for military mobilisation in 2009. On 06/04/2015 Murat Kanatlı submitted an application to the ECtHR against Türkiye for violations of articles 5 § 1, 4 and 5, 6, 9, 13 and 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights: (Art. 5) Right to liberty and security, (Art. 6) Right to a fair trial, (Art. 9) Freedom of thought, conscience and religion, (Art. 13) Right to an effective remedy, (Art. 14) Prohibition of discrimination.</li> </ol><p><strong>The right to conscientious objection to military service is inherent in the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion</strong>, guaranteed under Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which is <strong>non-derogable even in a time of public emergency</strong>, as stated in Article 4(2) of ICCPR.</p> <p><strong>FOR MORE INFORMATION AND INTERVIEWS please contact:</strong></p> <p>Derek Brett, Chief Editor of the <a href="mailto:European%20Bureau%20for%20Conscientious%20Objection">European Bureau for Conscientious Objection</a> (+41 77 444 4420; <a href="mailto:derekubrett@gmail.com">derekubrett@gmail.com</a>)</p> <p>Murat Kanatlı and Gina Chappa, Coordinators of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kibristavicdaniret/">Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus</a> (<a href="mailto:muratkanatli@gmail.com">muratkanatli@gmail.com</a>)</p> <div> <hr size="1" /><div id="ftn1"> <p><a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title="" id="_ftn1">[1]</a> EBCO Annual Report “Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Europe 2022/23”. Available at: <a href="https://ebco-beoc.org/sites/ebco-beoc.org/files/attachments/2023-05-12-EBCO_Annual_Report_2022-23.pdf">https://ebco-beoc.org/sites/ebco-beoc.org/files/attachments/2023-05-12-EBCO_Annual_Report_2022-23.pdf</a></p> </div> <div id="ftn2"> <p><a href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title="" id="_ftn2">[2]</a> Available at: <a href="https://in-cyprus.com/echr-accepts-application-from-turkish-cypriot-conscientious-objector/?fbclid=IwAR0ybcXl50TaU8aXuKnat0EmnN4qPOtTxilvFspEQniqEj0bg_a7paL_u4c">https://in-cyprus.com/echr-accepts-application-from-turkish-cypriot-conscientious-objector/?fbclid=IwAR0ybcXl50TaU8aXuKnat0EmnN4qPOtTxilvFspEQniqEj0bg_a7paL_u4c</a></p> </div> <div id="ftn3"> <p><a href="#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title="" id="_ftn3">[3]</a> Available at: <a href="http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-208228">http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-208228</a></p> </div> <div id="ftn4"> <p><a href="#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title="" id="_ftn4">[4]</a> Available at: <a 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'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +0000 cmoy 42674 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/turkish-cypriots-should-urgently-have-human-right-conscientious-objection-military#comments Cyprus (North): Conscientious objector Mustafa Hürben imprisoned https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/cyprus-north-conscientious-objector-mustafa-hurben-imprisoned <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42673.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42673" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-image--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image.html.twig * field--expert--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-image.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2024-01/screenshot_2024-01-23_at_18.31.43.png?itok=jsJ3mCI5 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-01/screenshot_2024-01-23_at_18.31.43.png?itok=-CuM-CC0 1x" type="image/png"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-01/screenshot_2024-01-23_at_18.31.43.png?itok=-CuM-CC0" alt="Freedom to Mustafa Hurben poster" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 23 Jan 2024</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Conscientious objector Mustafa Hürben from North Cyprus (self-declared “Turkish Republic of North Cyprus [TRNC]”) was imprisoned on Tuesday (23rd January) for his refusal to participate in the reserve service.</p> <p>Hürben was <a href="https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/cyprus-north-conscientious-objector-mustafa-hurben-will-be-trial-updated">on trial on 18th January</a> and was sentenced to pay a fine of 800 Turkish Liras (approx. 25 Euros) for his refusal to take part in the reserve service. Hürben was imprisoned today for refusing to pay the fine and will stay behind bars for 3 days. </p> <p>Mustafa Hürben was summoned to the Security Forces Court of Nicosia on 16 November 2023. He made a press statement in front of the court, announcing that he would not participate in the reserve call. <a href="https://gazeddakibris.com/mustafa-hurben-vicdani-reddini-acikladi/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">In his statement</a>, he said “I did not want to be in an institution that train people to kill people, whether for defense or attack.”</p> <p>The court case was postponed to 14th December 2023. Following the hearing on 14th December, the case was postponed again to be held on 18th January 2024. </p> <p>On 18th January, the Security Forces Court (the military court) in the northern part of Nicosia sentenced Hürben to pay a fine of 800 Turkish Liras, payable in 5 days. As Hürben refused to pay the fine, he was imprisoned today, 23rd January, to spend 3 days behind bars.</p> <p>In the TRNC, military service of up to 15 months – followed by annual one-day “mobilisation” training – is obligatory for adult male citizens, and conscientious objection to military service is not recognised.</p> <h2>Solidarity</h2> <p>Activists of the <em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kibristavicdaniret">Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus</a></em> has started a social media campaign in support of Hürben which was participated by many from inside and outside Cyprus with video messages to Hürben. If you’d like to send your own solidarity message, you can reach the <em>Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus</em> via their instagram page <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kibrsvicdaniret/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>Also, the Initiative activists organised <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/337291125937115">an action</a> in front of the TRNC parliament in the northern part of Nicosia today with the participation Hürben himself before his arrest. See the moments of Hürben's arrest <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/337291125937115">here</a>.</p> <p>Activists are gathering this evening, 23rd January, in front of the prison, <em>Yeni Merkezi Cezaevi</em>, where Hürben is being held. </p> <p>War Resisters' International denounces the sentencing of Mustafa Hürben and stands in solidarity with him and all conscientious objectors in Cyprus and elsewhere. Refusing to kill is not a crime. As WRI, we will continue to follow Hürben's case closely.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div 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'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/57" hreflang="en">Conscientious objection</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=42673&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="qYqg0jGXroY6nQNhbdGyqwR2zPyKLxh-il1uBgmFq2k"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:43:00 +0000 cmoy 42673 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/cyprus-north-conscientious-objector-mustafa-hurben-imprisoned#comments Israel: Conscientious objector Tal Mitnick imprisoned again https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/israel-conscientious-objector-tal-mitnick-imprisoned-again <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42672.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42672" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-image--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image.html.twig * field--expert--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-image.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2024-01/Screenshot%202024-01-18%20at%2021.02.49.png?itok=HsU7OMbW 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-01/Screenshot%202024-01-18%20at%2021.02.49.png?itok=UBx7y3kk 1x" type="image/png"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-01/Screenshot%202024-01-18%20at%2021.02.49.png?itok=UBx7y3kk" alt="Tal Mitnick" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 23 Jan 2024</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>On Tuesday, 23rd January, conscientious objector Tal Mitnick, 18, from Israel was imprisoned again for his refusal to serve in the military. This is Tal’s second imprisonment and he was sentenced to 30 more days in military prison. He will have spent 60 days behind bars in total upon completion of his second term in prison.</p> <p><a href="https://wri-irg.org/en/programmes/rrtk/co-support-email/2024/release-conscientious-objector-tal-mitnick"><strong>Send your protest email to the Israeli Minister of Defense here.</strong></a></p> <p>Tal was first imprisoned on 26th December 2023, becoming the first Israeli conscientious objector imprisoned for their refusal to serve in the army since the start of the war in Gaza. On 26th December, Mitnick declared his conscientious objection at the Tel Hashomer recruitment center and subsequently received a 30-day sentence in military prison.</p> <p>In an interview with <a href="https://www.972mag.com/tal-mitnick-conscientious-objector-israeli-army/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">+972 Magazine</a>, Mitnick said </p> <blockquote><p>“My refusal is an attempt to influence Israeli society and to avoid taking part in the occupation and the massacre happening in Gaza. I’m trying to say that it’s not in my name. I express solidarity with the innocent in Gaza. I know they want to live; they don’t deserve to be made refugees for the second time in their lives.”</p> </blockquote> <p>Read an interview with Tal Mitnick published on +972 Magazine <a href="https://www.972mag.com/tal-mitnick-conscientious-objector-israeli-army/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch a video interview with Tal Mitnick <a href="https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/israel-video-interviews-conscientious-objectors">here</a>.</p> <h2>How to support?</h2> <p>You can <strong>send your protest emails</strong> to the Israeli Minister of Defense using our template letter <a href="https://wri-irg.org/en/programmes/rrtk/co-support-email/2024/release-conscientious-objector-tal-mitnick">here</a>.</p> <p>As well as filling in our email alert, you can also <strong>write to Israel's embassies abroad</strong>. Find a list of these <a href="https://embassies.gov.il/Pages/IsraeliMissionsAroundTheWorld.aspx" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>You can also use our template letter to write to the Military Public Liaison Officer at <em>Kapatz@digital.idf.il</em> and the Military Attorney General at <em>pazar@idf.il</em>.</p> <p>Tal Mitnick is accompanied by <a href="https://twitter.com/Mesarvot_" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>Mesarvot</em></a>, a political network of conscientious objectors from Israel against the occupation, and you can <strong>send your messages of solidarity to Tal by writing to <a href="mailto:info.mesarvot@gmail.com">info.mesarvot@gmail.com</a></strong>. Follow <em>Mesarvot</em> on social media (click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mesarvot" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>) for more updates.</p> <p><strong>War Resisters' International </strong>calls for the immediate release of all conscientious objectors. Refusing to kill is not a crime.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label 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17:41:00 +0000 cmoy 42672 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/israel-conscientious-objector-tal-mitnick-imprisoned-again#comments Cyprus (North): Conscientious objector Mustafa Hürben will be on trial (Updated) https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/cyprus-north-conscientious-objector-mustafa-hurben-will-be-trial-updated <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42666.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42666" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-image--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image.html.twig * field--expert--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-image.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2024-01/414458088_753063930186773_6446362095462413275_n.jpeg?itok=A9NtMLCJ 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-01/414458088_753063930186773_6446362095462413275_n.jpeg?itok=Z92G_WBu 1x" type="image/jpeg"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-01/414458088_753063930186773_6446362095462413275_n.jpeg?itok=Z92G_WBu" alt="Mustafa Hurben making a statement with Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus activists" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 17 Jan 2024</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p style="line-height:1.38">On 18th January, Thursday, conscientious objector Mustafa Hürben from North Cyprus (self-declared “Turkish Republic of North Cyprus [TRNC]”) will be on trial due to his refusal to participate in the reserve service. </p> <p>Mustafa Hürben was summoned to the Security Forces Court of Nicosia on 16 November 2023. He made a press statement in front of the court, announcing that he would not participate in the reserve call. <a href="https://gazeddakibris.com/mustafa-hurben-vicdani-reddini-acikladi/">In his statement</a>, he said “I did not want to be in an institution that train people to kill people, whether for defense or attack.”</p> <p>The court case was postponed to 14th December 2023. Following the hearing on 14th December, the case was postponed again to be held on 18th January 2024. It is expected to be concluded with a single hearing on 18th January.</p> <p>Meanwhile, on 8th January, <a href="https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/01/08/north-opposition-party-bids-to-legalise-conscientious-objection/">a bill </a>was tabled in the parliament of the TRNC by the opposition party Republican Turkish Party (CTP) which would have legalised conscientious objection. However, it was <a href="https://www.voiceinternational.net/government-rejects-conscientious-objection-proposal/">rejected by MPs from the ruling coalition</a>. </p> <p>Under current circumstances, Mustafa Hürben is expected to be sentenced to prison at tomorrow’s hearing, which will also be attended by WRI Executive Committee member Merve Arkun as an international observer. </p> <p>Activists of Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus started a social media campaign in support of Hürben which was participated by many from inside and outside Cyprus with video messages to Hürben. If you’d like to send your own solidarity message, you can reach the Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus via their instagram page <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kibrsvicdaniret/">here</a>.</p> <p>In the TRNC, military service of up to 15 months – followed by annual one-day “mobilisation” training – is obligatory for adult male citizens, and conscientious objection to military service is not recognised.</p> <p>WRI stands in solidarity with Mustafa Hürben and all conscientious objectors in Cyprus and elsewhere. </p> <h2>Update (18th January 2024)</h2> <p>Today (18th January 2024), <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kibristavicdaniret">the Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus</a> shared an update with WRI regarding the court hearing at the Security Forces Court (the military court) in the northern part of Nicosia, Cyprus. The Initiative reported that the prosecution accepted that Hürben is a conscientious objector. However, as there is no legislative provision in the TRNC regarding conscientious objection to military service, the judge explained that the option of acquittal was not an option. Considering all the previous court decisions on the issue, the court decided not to give a prison sentence to Hürben but the lowest possible fine according to the TRNC law, which is a fine of 800TL (approximately 25 Euros), payable in 5 days. If Hürben doesn't pay the amount in 5 days, he will be imprisoned for 3 days.</p> <p>The Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus reported that Mustafa has no intention to pay the fine and he expects to be imprisoned on Tuesday, 23th January 2024.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Programmes &amp; Projects</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/1" hreflang="en">Right to Refuse to Kill</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-countries--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-countries.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Countries</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/238" hreflang="en">Cyprus</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-theme--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-theme.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/57" hreflang="en">Conscientious objection</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=42666&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="_c9NffozJcHVFd3RX0b12zEws2XPqE85KsfhVeB5PHU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:17:00 +0000 cmoy 42666 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/cyprus-north-conscientious-objector-mustafa-hurben-will-be-trial-updated#comments Ukraine blatantly violates the human rights of peace activists and conscientious objectors https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/ukraine-blatantly-violates-human-rights-peace-activists-and-conscientious-objectors <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42663.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42663" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-image--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image.html.twig * field--expert--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-image.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> 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from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 29 Dec 2023</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:19px">The<strong> <a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/">European Bureau for Conscientious Objection</a></strong> (EBCO), <strong><a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/">War Resisters’ International</a></strong> (WRI), the <strong><a href="http://www.ifor.org/">International Fellowship of Reconciliation</a> </strong>(IFOR), and<strong> <a href="http://www.connection-ev.org/">Connection e.V.</a></strong> (Germany) <strong>express their deep disappointment and grave concerns about the continuing harassment of peace activists and conscientious objectors, including arbitrary prosecutions and unfair judgments, as well as the inappropriate provisions of the new mobilization bill No 10378 of 25.12.2023 proposed by the Ukrainian army. </strong>All charges against peace activists and conscientious objectors should be dropped, and those in prison should be released immediately and unconditionally, given that they are clearly prisoners of conscience. Moreover, the new bill about conscription should include provisions for the full recognition of the right to conscientious objection to military service.</p> <p style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:19px"><strong>The four organisations urge the European Union (EU) to ensure that recognition of the right to conscientious objection, as a vital safeguard of democratic values and principles in time of national emergency caused by Russian aggression, be considered a necessary condition of Ukraine's accession to the EU during forthcoming negotiations.</strong> The right to conscientious objection is recognised, amongst others, in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (Article 10 - Freedom of thought, conscience and religion).</p> <p>The following five cases show that Ukraine has no compunction in prosecuting and sentencing even the most obvious conscientious objectors to draconian terms of imprisonment:</p> <ul><li>Seventh-day Adventist conscientious objector <strong>Dmytro Zelinsky</strong> is currently serving his 3-year prison sentence. The 45-year-old was acquitted in June 2023, but the Prosecutor appealed. On August 28th 2023, Ternopil Appeal Court overturned the acquittal. It acceded to the request by Prosecutor Roman Harmatiuk and handed Zelinsky a 3-year prison sentence to come into force immediately. Zelinsky is preparing a further appeal to the Supreme Court in Kyiv.<a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/613#_ftn1" id="_ftnref1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a></li> <li>Christian conscientious objector <strong>Andrii Vyshnevetsky</strong> is still serving in a frontline unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine despite his declared conscientious objection and request for discharge. He submitted a lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to order President Zelensky to establish the procedure of discharge from military service on the grounds of conscience. On September 25th 2023, the Supreme Court rejected this lawsuit. The Ukrainian Pacifist Movement filed an appeal to the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court and the announcement of the final judgment is expected on 25 January 2024.</li> <li>In a retrial ordered by the Supreme Court on December 13th 2023, the Ivano-Frankivsk City Court of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast convicted Protestant Christian conscientious objector <strong>Vitaly Alekseyenko</strong> to 3-year prison sentence (suspended on condition of 1 year 6 months of probation), replacing the original sentence of one year's imprisonment of which he had served three months between his initial conviction and the Supreme Court's decision in May 2023.<a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/613#_ftn2" id="_ftnref2" name="_ftnref2" title="">[2]</a> Several international requests for a webcast of the trial were ignored. Vitaly will appeal, seeking acquittal.</li> <li>Christian pacifist <strong>Mykhailo Yavorsky</strong> was sentenced to one-year imprisonment on 6 April 2023 by the Ivano-Frankivsk city court for refusing mobilisation call-up to the Ivano-Frankivsk military recruitment station on 25 July 2022 on religious conscientious grounds. <a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/613#_ftn3" id="_ftnref3" name="_ftnref3" title="">[3]</a> He filed an appeal to the Ivano-Frankivsk Court of Appeal, which on 2 October changed the verdict from one-year imprisonment to three-year suspended sentence with one-year probation. Despite the courts of first and appellate instances finding that Yavorsky held deep and sincere religious beliefs incompatible with military service, which under Article 35 of the Constitution of Ukraine should have conferred exemption from military service, this was considered only a mitigating circumstance. Yavorsky is now preparing a cassation complaint to the Supreme Court.</li> <li>Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement <strong>Yurii Sheliazhenko</strong>, was placed under criminal investigation, on suspicion of justifying Russian aggression; an offence punishable by up to 5 years in prison with the possibility of confiscation of property. Ironically, this is based on a statement "Peace Agenda for Ukraine and the World" adopted by the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement on 21 September 2022, which statement explicitly endorses the UN General Assembly's condemnation of the Russian invasion. <a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/613#_ftn4" id="_ftnref4" name="_ftnref4" title="">[4]</a> Sheliazhenko's apartment was searched on 3rd August 2023 and his computer and smartphone seized; these have not been returned despite an order issued by the Solomiansky District Court of Kyiv; on 15th August he was placed under night house arrest with subsequent prolongations until 31st December; a further extension until 3rd February 2024 is currently being sought. Recent documents disclosed by the investigation suggest that Sheliazhenko could be charged in obstruction of “legal” activities of Armed Forces of Ukraine on the grounds that he advocates the human right of conscientious objection to military service. Such allegations could entail harsher restrictions and more severe punishment, namely imprisonment from 5 to 8 years. It should be noted that Ukraine co-sponsored Human Rights Council Resolution 51/6 of 2nd October 2022, on conscientious objection to military service, which inter alia calls on States to safeguard the freedom of expression of those advocating conscientious objection".</li> </ul><p><strong><a href="https://ebco-beoc.org/node/561">The organisations call on Ukraine</a> to immediately reverse the suspension of the human right to conscientious objection,</strong> release prisoner of conscience Dmytro Zelinsky, honourably discharge Andrii Vyshnevetsky, acquit Vitaly Alekseenko and Mykhailo Yavorsky, and drop charges against Yurii Sheliazhenko. They also call Ukraine to lift the prohibition on all men in age from 18 to 60 from leaving the country and other conscription enforcement practices incompatible with human rights obligations of Ukraine, including arbitrary detentions of conscripts and imposition of military registration as prerequisite of legality of any civil relations such as education, employment, marriage, social security, registration of the place of residence, etc. The organisations express grave concern regarding the mobilization bill No 10378 of 25.12.2023 which imposes severe punishments on "draft evaders" without any exceptions for conscientious objectors, and welcome the announced scrutiny by the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights into constitutionality of the said bill.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://ebco-beoc.org/node/559">The organisations call on Russia</a> to immediately and unconditionally release all those hundreds of soldiers and mobilised civilians who object to engage in the war and are illegally detained in a number of centres in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.</strong> Russian authorities are reportedly using threats, psychological abuse and torture to force those detained to return to the front.</p> <p><strong>The organisations call both Russia and Ukraine to safeguard the right to conscientious objection to military service, including in wartime</strong>, fully complying with the European and international standards, amongst others the standards set by the European Court of Human Rights. <strong>The right to conscientious objection to military service</strong> is inherent in the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, guaranteed under Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which is <strong>non-derogable even in a time of public emergency, as stated in Article 4(2) of ICCPR.</strong></p> <p><strong>The organisations strongly condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine</strong>, and call on all soldiers not to participate in hostilities and on all recruits to refuse military service. <strong>They denounce all the cases of forced and even violent recruitment to the armies of both sides</strong>, as well as all the cases of persecution of conscientious objectors, deserters and non-violent anti-war protestors. <strong>They urge EU to work for peace, invest in diplomacy and negotiations, call for human rights protection and grant asylum and visas to those who object the war.</strong><img alt="" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/613" style="border:0px; outline:0px" /></p> <p style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:19px"><strong>MORE INFORMATION:</strong></p> <p><strong>Violations of human right to conscientious objection to military service in Ukraine:</strong> from 24 February 2022 to November 2023: <a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/607">https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/607</a></p> <p class="MsoFooter" style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:19px"><strong>Website of the #ObjectWarCampaign:</strong> <a href="https://objectwarcampaign.org/en/">https://objectwarcampaign.org/en/</a></p> <p style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:19px"><strong>EBCO’s Press Release and Annual Report on Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Europe 2022/23</strong>, covering the region of Council of Europe (CoE) as well as Russia (former CoE member state) and Belarus (candidate CoE member state): <a href="https://ebco-beoc.org/node/565">https://ebco-beoc.org/node/565</a><img alt="" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/613" style="border:0px; outline:0px" /></p> <p style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:19px"><u>FOR THE FOUR SIGNATORY ORGANISATIONS</u> please contact:</p> <ul><li>Alexia Tsouni, European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO), <a href="mailto:ebco@ebco-beoc.org">ebco@ebco-beoc.org</a>, <a href="http://www.ebco-beoc.org/">www.ebco-beoc.org</a></li> <li>Christian Renoux, International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), <a href="mailto:office@ifor.org">office@ifor.org</a>, <a href="http://www.ifor.org/">www.ifor.org</a></li> <li>Semih Sapmaz, War Resisters’ International (WRI), <a href="mailto:semih@wri-irg.org">semih@wri-irg.org</a>, <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/">www.wri-irg.org</a></li> <li>Rudi Friedrich, Connection e.V., <a href="mailto:office@Connection-eV.org">office@Connection-eV.org</a>, <a href="http://www.connection-ev.org/">www.Connection-eV.org</a></li> </ul><p style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:19px"><u>FOR COMMENT ON CONDITIONS IN UKRAINE</u> please contact:</p> <ul><li>Yurii Sheliazhenko, Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, <a href="mailto:yuriy.sheliazhenko@gmail.com">yuriy.sheliazhenko@gmail.com</a>, <a href="http://pacifism.org.ua/">http://pacifism.org.ua/</a></li> </ul><p> Support the #ObjectWarCampaign: <a href="https://you.wemove.eu/campaigns/russia-belarus-ukraine-protection-and-asylum-for-deserters-and-conscientious-objectors-to-military-service">Russia, Belarus, Ukraine: Protection and asylum for deserters and conscientious objectors to military service</a></p> <p style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:19px"><span style="font-size:14.994px"><span style="color:#3b3b3b"><span style="font-family:Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><img alt="" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="3" src="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/sites/ebco-beoc.org/files/%23ObjectWarCampaign_0.png" style="border:0px; outline:0px; width:640px; height:280px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <hr /><p style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:19px"><a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/613#_ftnref1" id="_ftn1" name="_ftn1" title="">[1]</a> Ukraine: Three years' jail for Adventist conscientious objector to mobilisation, 1 November 2023, available at: <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2871">https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2871</a></p> <div id="ftn2"> <p><a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/613#_ftnref2" id="_ftn2" name="_ftn2" title="">[2]</a> Supreme Court of Ukraine releases a prisoner of conscience: conscientious objector Vitaly Alekseenko, 26 May 2023, available at: <a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/572">https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/572</a></p> </div> <div id="ftn3"> <p><a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/613#_ftnref3" id="_ftn3" name="_ftn3" title="">[3]</a> Ukraine: EBCO meets with the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement and calls for the immediate and unconditional end of the persecution of all conscientious objectors, 19 April 2023, available at: <a href="https://ebco-beoc.org/node/561">https://ebco-beoc.org/node/561</a></p> </div> <div id="ftn4"> <p><a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/613#_ftnref4" id="_ftn4" name="_ftn4" title="">[4]</a> Ukraine: Release peace activist Yurii Sheliazhenko and drop all charges against him, 17 August 2023, available at: <a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/589">https://www.ebco-beoc.org/node/589</a></p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Fri, 29 Dec 2023 13:55:00 +0000 cmoy 42663 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/ukraine-blatantly-violates-human-rights-peace-activists-and-conscientious-objectors#comments Israel: Conscientious objector Tal Mitnick imprisoned https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/israel-conscientious-objector-tal-mitnick-imprisoned <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42667.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42667" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- 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'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2024-01/screenshot_2024-01-18_at_21.02.49.png?itok=XuOVu-2p 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-01/screenshot_2024-01-18_at_21.02.49.png?itok=5jkn6xun 1x" type="image/png"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-01/screenshot_2024-01-18_at_21.02.49.png?itok=5jkn6xun" alt="Tal Mitnick" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 03 Jan 2024</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>On December 26th, Tal Mitnick, an 18-year-old from Tel Aviv, became the first Israeli conscientious objector imprisoned for their refusal to serve in the army since the start of the war in Gaza. Mitnick declared his conscientious objection at the Tel Hashomer recruitment center and subsequently received a 30-day sentence in military prison.</p> <p>In an <a href="https://www.972mag.com/tal-mitnick-conscientious-objector-israeli-army/">interview with +972 Magazine</a>, Mitnick said </p> <blockquote><p>“My refusal is an attempt to influence Israeli society and to avoid taking part in the occupation and the massacre happening in Gaza. I’m trying to say that it’s not in my name. I express solidarity with the innocent in Gaza. I know they want to live; they don’t deserve to be made refugees for the second time in their lives.”</p> </blockquote> <p>Mesarvot, a political network of conscientious objectors from Israel against the occupation, posted on X (formerly Twitter) that you can send your messages of solidarity to Tal via writing to info.mesarvot@gmail.com.</p> <p>Mitnick is part of 230 Israeli high schoolers who, in early September expressed their refusal to comply with draft orders as a form of protest against the attempts by Israel's far-right government to curtail the judiciary's authority. </p> <p>In early December, Mitnick appeared before the army's Conscience Committee, comprised of military representatives and one academic representative, and sought an exemption from military service. His request was denied. Following his refusal on Tuesday, Mitnick was promptly trasnfered to Neve Tzedek military prison near Netanya to start his sentence. Upon completion, he will be required to report back to the recruitment center again. In recent years, many conscientious objectors in Israel have faced multiple episodes of imprisonment, with some spending more than 100 days behind bars in total. </p> <p>Read an interview with Tal Mitnick published on +972 Magazine <a href="https://www.972mag.com/tal-mitnick-conscientious-objector-israeli-army/">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch a video interview with Tal Mitnick <a href="https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/israel-video-interviews-conscientious-objectors">here</a>.</p> <p> </p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Programmes &amp; 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