Conscientious Objection in Russia Highlighting the Right to Refuse to Kill

From: Peacework | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

War Resisters International produces an annual Prisoners for Peace honor roll to honor jailed war resisters around the world, provide addresses for jailed resisters when known, and to spotlight abuses in particular countries. Russia is the focus country of the most recent report. The material below is excerpted from WRI's Broken Rifle, www.wri-irg.org.

The theme for the annual Prisoners for Peace Day on December 1st was "Supporting peace and human rights in Russia." On October 7, 2006,...

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