Eighteen-year-old Yuval Peleg is serving a 30-day sentence at Neve Tzedek military prison. Peleg refused to enlist in the ...

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Dozens of South Korean conscientious objectors are set to be released from jail on parole on Friday after a landmark court decision that conscience is a valid reason to refuse ...

Do we think that conscientious objectors are a problem for the world (or our country), and not a possible solution to the world’s problems? Let’s look at it. Imagine a world without conscientious ...

At the end of Conscientious Objection Week, 14 people declared their conscientious objections following the march from Tünel to Taksim Square. At the end of Conscientious Objection Week, conscientious ...

Conscientious objection to military service does not necessarily constitute an obstacle to criminal extradition proceedings, Germany's top court ruled on Wednesday. According to the Federal Court of ...

The Malatya Military Court claimed that decisions of the ECHR regarding conscientious objection could also be applied to domestic law in the scope of Article 90 of the Constitution. This landmark ...

Steve Trimm, who applied for conscientious objector status during the Vietnam War but was denied, reflects 50 years after the ...

When he was the mayor of Burlington, a congressman, and even after he became a U.S. Senator, this tidbit didn’t lead to any raised eyebrows: Bernie Sanders applied for conscientious objector status ...

Now that Facebook's a big nasty corporation, it's not only attracted a lot of bad press, it's inspired more direct action. In the run-up to the IPO and its messy aftermath we've read a few ...

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

A new bridge in Hamilton County now bears the name of a local hero, and recipient of the Medal of Honor, Desmond T. Doss.