Currently, there are 761 of Jehovah’s Witnesses who are imprisoned in South Korea for their conscientious refusal of military service based on religious grounds. […]
Using old-style Soviet tactics, Russian special forces entered the home of Maksim Kalinin, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and covertly installed audio and video surveillance equipment. […]
The European Court of Human Rights unanimously concluded that Turkey had violated several articles of the European Convention when it convicted one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Turkey for his conscientious objection to military service. […]
Currently, there are 58 Jehovah’s Witnesses who have been charged under the Criminal Code for their conscientious refusal of military service on religious grounds. […]
These judgments come on the heels of the Bayatyan v. Armenia judgment announced by the Grand Chamber on July 7, 2011, which concluded, for the first time in the history of the ECHR, that the right to conscientious objection to military service is fully protected under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights. […]
“I am concerned that conscientious objection is a criminal offence and that no alternative civilian service is offered,” declared former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Asma Jahangir. […]
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