Support South Korea COs this 15th May

People standing holding signs that look like prison bars, with the text 'Refusing to kill is not a crime, Free South Korean conscientious objectors'

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8 May 2018

stay in touch with war resisters around the world

It's one week until people all around the world will be taking action in support of the 250+ conscientious objectors in prison in South Korea. Please join us!

Here are tsome ways you can get involved:

share our video on Facebook or YouTube;
sign up to receive a CO-Alert on the day, with a template email to send to South Korean authorities;
download a postcard and send it to your local South Korean embassy.

To hear more about conscientious objector solidarity worldwide, you can join a conference call tomorrow at 16.00 UTC, as part of our online Council meeting, which is currently under way.

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03 May 2018

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