UKRAINE: Conscientious objectors prosecuted, jailed as "disobedient" soldiers

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A criminal from Ukraine who has fled to Saxony must return. The reason is the armed attack on his home country. The German right to conscientious objection does not protect him.

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UKRAINE: Conscientious objectors prosecuted, jailed as "disobedient" soldiers

Officials took Baptist Serhy Semchuk to prison in Lviv in January for his 5-year jail sentence. The Recruitment Office had told him he could serve in the military without weapons. However, later a criminal case was launched when he refused to take up weapons. "We're in such shock," a church member says. "He doesn't want to kill." Conscientious objectors to mobilisation who were not in the military also increasingly face prosecution on "disobedie…

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The Health Department of Castilla y León is giving the latest touches to a register of health professionals who, for reasons of conscience, choose not to participate in voluntary terminations of pregnancy (VEI). This measure, inspired by initiatives already under way in regions such as Murcia, Catalonia, Canary Islands, Cantabria and La Rioja, responds to the changes introduced two years ago in the Organic Law on Sexual and Reproductive Health, …

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The National Council requires the Federal Council to draw up a comprehensive report on conscientious objectors.