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GETTING OUT!
For more information on how to get out of the military, see the War Resisters' International website for UK and the US,
and
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors   
for the US.

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Po Box 287 London
NW6 5QU England
Tel: +44-20-7482 2496
Fax: +44-20-7219 4761

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Philadelphia, PA 19101
Tel: +1-215-848-1120
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NEWS AND UPDATES

Refuseniks tortured, killed, disappeared
On Friday October 17th, the remains of 8 conscripts assassinated for rebelling against their superiors were found buried in a "common grave" in Villa Cooperativa. Further, according to the Association of the Parents of Conscripts, groups of soldiers who refused to shoot people were submitted to tortures such as sleeping on the floor without clothing or food for several days.
21 October 2003
Fuerza de elite amenaza con acciones contra el presidente
Estamos dispuestos a dar de baja a blancos tácticos comenzando por su gabinete en pleno e incluyendo algunos generales a la cabeza de Ud. 
27 de septiembre del 2003
Soldiers' threat to President
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e are disposed to fire at tactical targets beginning with your cabinet in full and including some generals at the head of you." Undated
5000 mothers and fathers in Bolivia demand their sons to be discharged
Bolivia is again in the midst of grassroots insurrection, with road blockades and other actions to press the demands of a broad array of sectors.  But this article (in Spanish) reports on a march by more than 5000 parents in La Paz demanding that the government immediate discharge their sons from the military, and not put their lives at risk in the road blockades and confrontations.
Undated