Kevin & Monica Benderman
» New homepage for prospective conscientious objectors with Turkish citizenship and their supporters. Click here.
» Urgent action alert for Lt Watada. Take a moment today to phone and write Lt. Gen. James Dubik and respectfully request “no court martial for Lt. Watada.”
» Suicide Soldier's Dying Words to His Mother: 'I can't go to Iraq. I can't kill those children'
» Armed Forces Bill - Guardian letter.
» Israel: "Refuseniks" Say They Won't Attack Civilians.
“We have a duty to speak out and rise against the war."
"How can a million people live in what is, ultimately, a sealed prison?"
"Our politicians preferred war to dialogue."
» More refuseniks against the invasion of Lebanon
» Endorse Yitzhak Laor's "Israelis say No occupation, No invasion" petition on line -- endorse, donate now .
Yitzhak Laor
Rose Gentle Phil Shiner
"This is a stunning victory," said Phil Shiner, the families' solicitor.
Rose Gentle, whose 19-year-old son Gordon was killed by a roadside bomb in Basra in June 2004, welcomed the ruling. "He was in Iraq to fight for his country, but I now know he should never have been sent there".
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Israelis say No occupation, No invasion
--
Petition to be published in Israel.
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Fighting in Lebanon produces first conscientious objector
The Lebanon 2006 war has produced its first conscientious objector - Staff
Sergeant Itzik Shabbat.
The South American nation will become the first to offer sanctuary and asylum to American Military Soldiers fleeing the internationally condemned United States and illegal war in Iraq.
Tacoma United Methodist Church
Lt Watada (centre) with Phoebe Jones (left) &
Selma James (right) from the Global Women's Strike
» Lt. Watada refused Iraq deployment today; under complete restriction and gag-order without charge.
» Payday's call in support of the Day of Action -- including model letter to US Embassies.
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Pardon
set to wipe 'coward' stain from soldiers' reputation from the First World
War -- those who were shot at dawn.
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Click
here for more on
Katherine Jashinski.
» Two books, one
by a
US war
resister, the other by a
UK
soldier who resigned reveal the depth of refusal in the military.
Shot at dawn memorial (UK)
Herbert Burden,
shot aged 17.
» Read transcript of the interview with her mother, Sara Rich.
» Conscription and conscientious objection in EU member states-- facts & figures.
» See Payday's letter of support
Maayan Padan Aviv Sela
»
Yo No Soy El Army: NO TROOPS AT THE BORDER!!! Protest and PRESS
Conference, Los Angeles, Thursday June 1st
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ISRAEL: Update
on imprisoned conscientious objectors
Aviv Sela, Eyad Raleb Sif, and Maayan Padan
» UK Gulf War vet wins recognition that his illnesses are due to Gulf War Syndrome
» Clause 8 inhuman, read the SCOTSMAN's opinion piece.
Katherine Jashinski - the first woman CO to be
jailed in the current war in Iraq
New film on Vietnam war refuseniks
» Briefing Wed 17 May, 6.30pm, London
Before Members of Parliament vote on this Bill on 22 May, they should know the content of it, and the serious objections to it.
» Memorandum by At Ease
a confidential advice, information service for members of the Armed Forces.
» Memorandum by Peace Pledge Union
on conscientious objection
» US soldiers on death row - a history
In May 2006, there are eight men on death row at the Castle: six African-Americans, one white, and one Asian of Filipino descent.
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Iraq Families' quest to
meet PM
"All we want to do is to tell
Tony Blair what we think which is he should bring the lads home - they need
to be with their
families. They don't need to be shot at in Iraq."
Rose Gentle and other UK military families
to lobby Parliament on Wednesday 26 April
» Armed Forces Bill: letters to the Press.
» New website: www.aboutturn.org.uk,
"set up by and for Armed Forces personnel against the war in Iraq "
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ISRAEL: Occupation Refuser Aviv Sela
21 days imprisonment.
Write to
him.
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RAF
doctor found guilty over Iraq refusal
Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith,
37, was
convicted by a panel of five RAF officers on five charges including
refusing to serve in Basra.
» US
like Nazis in Iraq: UK refusenik
Kendall-Smith concluded it was his duty to remain in the Air Force and
refuse the order.
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Cindy Sheehan: 'Stop the poverty draft,'
"My son joined the army; there is no
official
draft but there is a draft -- it is the poverty draft".
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A
CALL TO MILITARY FAMILIES: JOIN THE LOBBY OF PARLIAMENT & DOWNING STREET
Wednesday April 26, midday.
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Doctor Malcolm Kendall-Smith arrives at the Military Court in Aldershot, Hampshire April 13, 2006. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty |
British refuseniks: Ben Griffin, Ray Hewitt,
Malcolm Kendall-Smith, George Solomou
Section 8 - which has hardly been mentioned in the media -- introduces a new tougher definition of desertion: soldiers who intend to avoid serving in a “military occupation of a foreign country or territory” can be imprisoned for life.
» Read Payday's Action Alert
» Read Section 8 of the Bill
» Sign the petition on line.
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US resister seeks asylum in Canada
"It's shoot first, ask
questions later," Key told the board, which is evaluating his bid for
asylum in Canada for him, his wife and four young children.
» RAF war
objector faces court martial
Malcolm Kendall-Smith,
RAF
officer who refused to return to his unit in Basra faces court martial
on 11 April in Aldershot, UK.
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Strike against war
"With the silence
and dignity of creators you can end wars and the system of selfishness and
exploitation that causes wars."
Helen Keller
Malcolm Kendall-Smith
Helen Keller
Jeremy Hinzman, one of the first US soldier to escape to Canada
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Soldiers Flee to Canada
to Avoid Iraq Duty
Hundreds of
deserters from the US armed forces have crossed into Canada and are now
seeking political refugee status there, arguing that violations of the rules
of war in Iraq by the US entitle them to asylum.
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Interview with "veterans"
of Iraq and their march to New Orleans
At a press
conference in a cavernous Alabama warehouse, banners and posters are
rolled out: "Abandon Iraq not the Gulf coast!"
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Desertion
in the British army
The number of soldiers absconding from the British Army has
trebled since the invasion of Iraq, raising fears that the military is
facing a crisis in morale.
» Eritrean refusenik threatened with deportation
"We do not think young people should be forced into the military of a
dictatorship to repress fellow citizens or engage in wars against
neighbouring countries." Payday
Latino March - Whittier, 19 March 06
»
Press release
Mehmet is Free !
Mehmet
Tarhan, gay Kurdish conscientious objector, was released from military
prison on 9 March. The highest military court of appeal in Turkey (the
Military Court of Cassation) ruled that he had been punished enough for his
“crime”. His crime was refusing to kill.
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Stephen Funk marchs to New Orleans.
From March 14th- 19th we will
march from Mobile, AL to New Orleans, LA through some of the places most
devastated by hurricane Katrina.
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Latino March see
updates