Russian Federation https://updates.wri-irg.org/en en Human Rights Watch: Russia Forces Ukrainians in Occupied Areas into Military https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/human-rights-watch-russia-forces-ukrainians-occupied-areas-military <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42660.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42660" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 22 Dec 2023</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>A report by Human Rights Watch revealed Russian authorities' ongoing conscription and forced enlistment of Ukrainian civilians, including those in detention, in occupied areas into the Russian military, Human Rights Watch. This practice, compelling Ukrainian residents in occupied areas to join the Russian armed forces, unequivocally constitutes a war crime.</p> <p>Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch said “Russian authorities openly and unlawfully force men in occupied areas of Ukraine to fight against their own country... Less visible is their practice of pressuring Ukrainian civilians in detention, who have nowhere to hide or flee, to join the Russian forces.”</p> <p>Human Rights Watch interviewed by phone three men in pretrial detention in parts of Donetska region that are currently under Russian occupation. All three said that they have been held there since before Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion, and that military officials of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic have tried to pressure them to join the so-called DNR forces, using intimidation, threats, and propaganda. The men also said that the pressure has intensified in recent months. A Ukrainian lawyer representing one of the men told Human Rights Watch that she is aware of at least 11 similar cases.</p> <p>Through telephone interviews, Human Rights Watch connected with three men in pretrial detention in parts of the Donetska region currently under Russian occupation. All three reported being held captive before Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. They said they have been facing relentless pressure from military officials of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) to join their forces, employing intimidation, threats, and propaganda tactics. The men highlighted that this pressure has heightened significantly in recent months. Furthermore, a Ukrainian lawyer representing one of these individuals disclosed to Human Rights Watch her awareness of at least 11 similar cases.</p> <p>Read the full report by Human Rights Watch <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/russia-forces-ukrainians-occupied-areas-military">here</a>. </p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * 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field--expert--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-theme.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/57" hreflang="en">Conscientious objection</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=42660&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" 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'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 22 Dec 2023</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--dynamic-twig-field:node-author-name-twig---custom.html.twig * field--default--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--default--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-dynamic-twig-fieldnode-author-name-twig field--type-ds field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Author(s)</div> <div class="field--item"> <span>Victoria Arnold, Forum 18</span> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><strong><em>Military officials rejected the alternative civilian service applications of four young Baptists in Siberia and the Far East. The four men had all set out their pacifist religious convictions. Brothers Daniil and German Strelkov are preparing to appeal after a court ruled the refusals lawful. Courts twice declined to uphold Zakhar Asmalovsky's lawsuit against the military authorities. Timofey Reznichenko successfully challenged his refusal in court, gaining the right to have his application re-examined. A higher-level Conscription Commission granted a fifth, Sergey Myalik, the right to undertake alternative service.</em></strong></p> <p>Military officials have denied four young Baptist men in Siberia and the Far East the opportunity to carry out alternative civilian service, rather than military service, despite their efforts to demonstrate their pacifist religious convictions to the military authorities. All had applied for alternative civilian service.</p> <p>As of mid-December, only one – Timofey Reznichenko from Primorye Region – has successfully challenged this refusal in court, thus gaining the right to have his application re-examined (see below).</p> <p>Brothers Daniil and German Strelkov, from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region, failed in their attempts to have their refusals ruled unlawful in court and are now preparing to appeal. "Faith forbids him to take up arms, kill, or take oaths," a witness in Daniil's case told the court. In German's case, his father testified that he "is a deeply religious person and will not take up arms or take an oath, as this is prohibited by [his] religion" (see below).</p> <p>Krasnoyarsk Region courts twice declined to uphold Zakhar Asmalovsky's lawsuit against the military authorities, meaning he will now be subject to conscription in the future (see below).</p> <p>A higher-level Conscription Commission in Kemerovo Region granted a fifth Baptist, Sergey Myalik, the right to undertake alternative service after his initial application was rejected at the district level (see below).</p> <p>Khanty-Mansiysk Military Commissariat and Khanty-Mansiysk District Court did not answer Forum 18's questions as to why exactly Daniil and German had been denied the opportunity to do alternative civilian service, and what else they should have included in their applications. The Court said only that anyone disagreeing with a court decision can appeal. Forum 18 received no response from the Military Commissariat (see below).</p> <p>The Conscription Commissions in Asmalovsky's and Myalik's cases similarly failed to respond to Forum 18's questions as to why they had refused the applications for alternative service (see below).</p> <p>According to the Council of Churches Baptists, all five young men are members of the church, which has a strong pacifist tradition. While the church does not formally oppose the undertaking of military service, when Baptist conscripts apply for alternative civilian service, church communities tend to support them in collating documents for the Conscription Commission and going to court if refused (see below).</p> <p>All Russian men must carry out military service for 12 months between the ages of 18 and 27, after which they are enrolled in the reserves (and thereby become subject to mobilisation – as occurred in the autumn of 2022). It is possible to gain exemption on medical grounds, or deferrals for medical or educational reasons and in certain family situations. Conscripts also have the right, enshrined in the Russian Constitution, "to replace [military service] with alternative civilian service", and instead work in a state or municipal institution, or in a civilian role in the armed forces, for a longer period (see below).</p> <p>As yet, the explicit right to alternative civilian service exists only for conscripts, with no equivalent provided for in law for mobilised men (although some have been able to avoid mobilisation to fight in Ukraine by applying for ACS anyway).</p> <p>Despite the Constitution setting out the right to ACS, this is not unconditional. Conscripts must demonstrate to Conscription Commissions that they have well-founded and strongly held beliefs which preclude their performing military service (see below). If a Conscription Commission does not accept that a conscript genuinely holds such beliefs, then it can refuse his application.</p> <p>Russian and international human rights bodies have argued that such procedures are often not carried out fairly or independently, with military officials putting undue pressure on ACS applicants, and decisions being largely taken by military commissars, despite Conscription Commissions being ostensibly independent organs chaired by local civilian officials.</p> <h2>Alternative civilian service: The law</h2> <p>Article 59, Part 3 of the Constitution states: "A citizen of the Russian Federation, if the performance of military service contradicts his beliefs or religion, as well as in other cases established by federal law, has the right to replace it with alternative civilian service".</p> <p>Under Russian law, the Constitution takes priority over all other legislation, but the right to alternative service is not absolute, despite the absence of any conditions in Article 59.</p> <p>The 2002 Law on Alternative Civilian Service sets out the procedures of applying for, granting, and carrying out ACS. According to Article 2, a man has the right to replace military service by conscription with alternative civilian service if: "performing military service is contrary to his beliefs or religion"; or "he belongs to the indigenous people of the Russian Federation, leads a traditional way of life, carries out traditional economic activities and is engaged in traditional crafts of the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation".</p> <p>To exercise this right, however, an individual must submit an application to be considered by the Conscription Commission (a nominally independent body comprising representatives of the local civilian authorities and Military Commissariat), which decides to accept or refuse it. If successful, the applicant undergoes a medical examination and is then assigned to work at a state or municipal institution (for 21 months) or in a civilian role in the armed forces (for 18 months), usually (though not always) outside his home region.</p> <p>Possible ACS deployments in 2023 included both skilled and unskilled jobs in - among others – Culture Ministry and Agriculture Ministry organisations, hospitals and polyclinics, nursing homes, and educational institutions. Members of indigenous groups may be assigned to organisations employed in traditional economic activities.</p> <p>Only small numbers of those called up each year undertake ACS. Lawyer Sergey Chugunov noted on his Telegram channel on 3 May 2023 that as of 1 February 2022, 1,138 people were in the process of doing ACS, while the total number of young men called up in the autumn conscription in 2021 was 127,500.</p> <p>Both conscripts who do military service and those who do ACS are enrolled in the reserves upon completion, rendering them liable to call-up in the event of mobilisation. Several individuals who served in the army as conscripts, but who did not want to fight in Ukraine on grounds of their religious beliefs, have found themselves assigned to military units anyway, given the <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2865">lack of provision for ACS for reservists</a>, and have had to challenge their mobilisation in court, with little success.</p> <p>Only one person who refused call-up on religious grounds, Protestant Pavel Mushumansky, <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2819">is known to have had his mobilisation ruled unlawful</a>.</p> <p>On 1 January 2024, an amendment to the Law on Military Service will come into force which raises the upper age limit for conscription from 27 to 30, thus creating a much larger pool of potential draftees. The lower limit will remain at 18, despite earlier proposals to raise it to 21. Men who turn 27 before the end of 2023 (and have not yet done military – or alternative – service) will not be liable to be called up, the State Duma noted on its website on 25 July.</p> <h2>Alternative civilian service: The procedure</h2> <p>Article 11 of the Law on ACS states that an individual must submit an application to the Military Commissariat at which he is registered, before 1 April for that year's autumn call-up (October to December) or before 1 October for the following year's spring call-up (April to June).</p> <p>The process of granting the replacement of military service with ACS takes place in one call-up period (when a Conscription Commission considers an application), while actually going to do ACS takes place in the next (when the Military Commissariat issues orders for an individual to work at a particular organisation).</p> <p>ACS is not granted simply upon request. According to the law, "Citizens who have expressed a desire to replace conscripted military service with alternative civilian service must substantiate [their claim] that military service is contrary to their beliefs or religion", and set out "the reasons and circumstances [prichiny i obstoyatelstva] that prompted [them] to apply for this".</p> <p>In his application, an individual must include an autobiography and a reference from his place of work or study. He also has the right to include other documents which back up his request, and to give details of "persons who agree to confirm the veracity of his arguments that military service contradicts his beliefs or religion".</p> <p>A Constitutional Court decree of 23 November 1999 states that the right to ACS "is a directly valid, and specifically individual, right, i.e. associated with freedom of religion in its individual rather than collective aspect, and therefore must be ensured regardless of whether or not a citizen is a member of any religious organisation".</p> <p>A Conscription Commission – which consists of a mix of civilian officials from the local administration and military staff from the Military Commissariat – considers each application at a meeting to which the young man himself is summoned to make his case for being allowed to do alternative service. According to Article 12 of the Law on ACS, the commission bases its decision on testimony given at the meeting by the applicant himself and the people who have agreed to make supporting statements, as well as the materials he has submitted.</p> <p>A decision must be issued within one month of the application deadline and a copy sent to the applicant within three days of its being taken.</p> <h2>Alternative civilian service: Refusals</h2> <p>The Conscription Commission may refuse an application on certain grounds: a) if the deadline is missed or the procedure incorrectly followed; b) if the submitted documents and other information "are not in accordance with the citizen's arguments that military service is contrary to his beliefs or religion"; c) if the submitted information is false; d) if the individual has twice failed to appear at meetings of the Conscription Commission; e) if an individual has previously been granted ACS and has failed to do it.</p> <p>The Constitutional Court ruled on 17 October 2006, however, that a missed deadline should not be grounds for outright refusal to consider a request for ACS on its merits (see below).</p> <p>A Conscription Commission's conclusion that an individual's submitted information does not back up his professed beliefs is the second most common reason for applications to be refused, according to the <a href="https://stoparmy.org/">Movement of Conscientious Objectors</a> (after missed deadlines).</p> <p>"The [Conscription Commission's] position is usually not that the citizen has no beliefs at all that preclude the undertaking of military service .. rather, [it] considers that everything stated by the conscript is not beliefs, but delusions and so on", the Movement observes on its website.</p> <p>"The lack of an independent civil decision-making body [is] a significant concern", the <a href="https://ebco-beoc.org/">European Bureau for Conscientious Objection</a> notes on its website. It points out that while Conscription Commissions are chaired by the head or deputy head of a municipality, the deputy chair is a military commissar, and "in practice", the commission's work is largely done by the Military Commissariat and is not under the control of the civilian chair.</p> <p>Civilian officials on Conscription Commissions "are poorly oriented in the legislation in the field of conscription and conscientious objection and fully rely on the opinion of the military commissar and other employees of the Military Commissariat", the Bureau observes. "In practice, the [Conscription Commission] is dependent on the Military Commissariat and cannot take impartial decisions. Military officials also "put pressure on recruits, telling them that asking for civilian service is unlawful".</p> <p>There is no clear official indication of what constitutes "reasons and circumstances", or how to "give a basis for" [obosnovat] their beliefs, Forum 18 notes. This leaves a grey area in which Conscription Commissions may dismiss applications under pressure from military officials, or applicants may not amass "enough" material to convince commission members of their convictions.</p> <p>The right to ACS is "becoming increasingly difficult to exercise", lawyer Sergey Chugunov <a href="https://t.me/chugunovsv/172">commented on his Telegram channel on 3 May</a>.</p> <p>"Alarming news is coming from different regions of the country that citizens are being denied ACS for a variety of reasons," Chugunov noted. "Some for missing the deadline for filing an application, which is not an absolute basis for restricting the right. Others because of a lack of evidence for beliefs, which does not correspond to either the law or common sense. And I get the impression that these are far from ‘excesses on the ground'."</p> <p>"Refusals, in my opinion, in most cases are not justified," Chugunov added to Forum 18 on 19 December. "[Conscription commissions] require proof of belief, but this is the wrong approach. However, the courts are in no hurry to correct the situation. The conscript must give a basis for [obosnovat] the contradiction of military service with his beliefs, but not prove [dokazyvat] their existence. This is impossible."</p> <p>It is unclear from the court decisions in the five Baptist cases examined by Forum 18 whether the Conscription Commissions expected the applicants to "prove" their beliefs – the emphasis instead appears to be on the alleged insufficiency of documentation – but this tendency among Conscription Commissions has been causing concern among conscripts' rights organisations and lawyers.</p> <p>The Call to Conscience Telegram channel noted on 22 September 2023 that "Candidates for ACS should give a basis for [obosnovat] [their claim] that doing military service goes against their beliefs or religion, but are not obliged to prove [dokazyvat] it or convince the commission [ubezhdat komissiyu]".</p> <p>When Conscription Commissions refuse applications on these grounds, "all the citizen's statements are considered not as a statement of his beliefs that are contrary to military service, but something else (fear of the army, declaration of a political position, distorted idea of the army, etc., etc.)", the Movement of Conscientious Objectors observes.</p> <h2>Alternative civilian service: Going to court</h2> <p>If an applicant is unsuccessful, he can either appeal to a higher-level Conscription Commission or file an administrative lawsuit at a district-level court, requesting that the Conscription Commission's decision be ruled unlawful.</p> <p>Going to court means that the implementation of the Conscription Commission's decision is suspended until the court's decision enters into legal force. If a lawsuit is initially unsuccessful, the plaintiff has one month to appeal, and the decision does not enter legal force before the appeal ruling. It is therefore likely that the call-up period will end before the lawsuit is resolved, meaning that the individual is not liable to be conscripted immediately even if his legal challenge fails. He can then make a new application for alternative service in the next call-up period.</p> <h2>Strelkov brothers: Applications for ACS refused</h2> <p>In separate hearings on 27 November 2023, Judge Rinat Akhmetov of Khanty-Mansiysk District Court refused to uphold the administrative lawsuits which Daniil Aleksandrovich Strelkov and his brother German Aleksandrovich Strelkov had brought against the Conscription Commission and Military Commissariat which had denied their applications for alternative service.</p> <p>According to the written decisions in both suits, the brothers grew up in a religious family and are members of a Council of Churches Baptist congregation. Both had requested ACS on the grounds that their beliefs – held "since childhood", according to their father – mean that they "will not take up arms or take an oath".</p> <p>Khanty-Mansiysk City Conscription Commission, however, decided that the documents and other information each of them had submitted "do not correspond to [his] arguments that military service is contrary to his beliefs".</p> <p>Judge Akhmetov agreed with this position, noting – with reference to a Constitutional Court ruling of 24 June 2014 - that the right to ACS "does not mean that a citizen is given an unconditional right to choose between military service and alternative civilian service, or that a citizen's negative idea of military service and his reluctance to perform [it] gives him the right to replace it with alternative civilian service".</p> <p>The court did not, however, include in its consideration of the lawsuits all the petitions and information the Strelkovs had submitted, the Intercession Department of the Council of Churches Baptists' Siberian Union noted on its Telegram channel on 4 December. "We plan to appeal against the court decision to the Supreme Court," the Department stated, "pointing out the legal actions and rights of our young brothers."</p> <p>In his application, Daniil Strelkov stated that he is a Baptist Christian, which "precludes doing military service". He said he has held these views for a long time, that he attends a Baptist church, and that he "refuses to bear arms or study military matters". He included an autobiography as required, as well as an appeal [obrashchenie] from parishioners of his church, a testimonial [svidetelstvo] from four fellow believers, and petitions [khodataystva] from his mother and father.</p> <p>In court, a witness (whose name is redacted in the published decision but appears to be one of the brothers' parents) testified that Daniil "was raised as a Christian", and that "Faith forbids him to take up arms, kill, or take oaths".</p> <p>German Strelkov made similar arguments in his ACS application and his lawsuit. At his hearing, his father testified that German had been baptised, has been a believer "since childhood", is a member of the church, and "is a deeply religious person and will not take up arms or take an oath, as this is prohibited by [his] religion".</p> <p>In examining both suits, Judge Akhmetov decided that "it does not objectively follow [from the information presented] and cannot be seen that Strelkov in fact has strong beliefs, confirmed in his lifestyle and the nature of his social behaviour over a significant period of time, which preclude military service. The attached documents do not contain information substantiating the formation of sincere and deep convictions in the applicant which make it impossible for the [him] to perform military service".</p> <p>"A citizen who refuses to undergo conscripted military service, justifying the need to exercise [the right to ACS] by the existence of a certain kind of belief, must submit to the Conscription Commission for consideration information confirming that his beliefs are indeed serious, persistent and well-founded, established over a long period in the conscript's life", the judge continued, concluding that neither Daniil nor German Strelkov had done this.</p> <p>Judge Akhmetov also noted in each decision that "before submitting to the Military Commissariat his application to replace conscripted military service with alternative civilian service", neither Daniil nor German declared "that he had any beliefs that prevented him from performing military service". It is unclear what exactly this means or how, when, and to whom they were supposed to make such a declaration.</p> <p>Forum 18 wrote to Khanty-Mansiysk Military Commissariat and Khanty-Mansiysk District Court to ask why exactly Daniil and German had been denied the opportunity to do alternative civilian service, and what else they should have included in their applications.</p> <p>Court chair Vladislav Gavrish responded on 18 December, stating that in case of disagreement with the content or process of the judges' decisions, interested parties can appeal to the Court of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Region. He did not answer Forum 18's questions.</p> <p>Forum 18 had received no response from the Military Commissariat by the end of the working day of 19 December.</p> <h2>Asmalovsky: "Mere fact he is a believer no basis for ACS"</h2> <p>Conscription Commissions are known to have recently refused the ACS applications of two more members of the Council of Churches Baptists.</p> <p>Zakhar Igoryevich Asmalovsky failed to have this decision ruled unlawful either in his initial lawsuit at Berezovka District Court on 7 September or his appeal to Krasnoyarsk Regional Court on 23 November. The judge concluded that neither Asmalovsky's autobiography nor the reference from his place of study "indicates that [his] beliefs and religion preclude conscripted military service" and "the mere fact that he is a believer and attends church cannot serve as an unconditional basis for replacing his military service with alternative civilian service".</p> <p>Asmalovsky, who did not appear in court (it is unclear why not), will now be liable for conscription again in the spring call-up of 2024, but has the right to submit another application for ACS if necessary.</p> <p>"Brother Zakhar continues to defend his convictions both at the Conscription Commission and in the courts in order to gain the right to undergo ACS. However, he has not yet been successful," the Intercession Department of the Council of Churches Baptists' Siberian Union commented on its Telegram channel on 4 December. "We plan to appeal the decision of the Conscription Commission and the court decisions to the Supreme Court."</p> <p>Forum 18 wrote to Berezovka District Conscription Commission to ask why it had (initially) refused Asmalovsky's application. Forum 18 had received no response by the end of the working day of 19 December. Berezovka District Court has also not responded to Forum 18's questions.</p> <h2>Myalik: ACS granted on second attempt</h2> <p>Council of Churches Baptist Sergey Myalik, meanwhile, first appeared before a Conscription Commission in Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo Region) on 27 November, when his application for alternative service was also refused. The church supported him in preparing "a new package of documents" and he successfully applied to a higher-level commission on 4 December.</p> <p>Forum 18 wrote to Novokuznetsk Conscription Commission to ask why it had (initially) refused Myalik's application. Forum 18 had received no responses by the end of the working day of 19 December.</p> <h2>Reznichenko: Application for ACS rejected without consideration</h2> <p>A Conscription Commission may also decline to grant an individual the right to alternative civilian service if he misses the deadline (1 April for the autumn call-up, 1 October for the spring call-up). Despite the fact that, according to a Constitutional Court ruling of 17 October 2006, a missed deadline should not be grounds for refusal to consider a request for ACS on its merits, this remains the most common reason for unsuccessful applications, the Movement of Conscientious Objectors has found.</p> <p>On 28 November 2023, Khasan District Court ruled that Khasan Municipal District Conscription Commission and Primorye Region Military Commissariat's rejection of Timofey Reznichenko's apparently late ACS application was unlawful, and obliged them to convene a meeting of the Conscription Commission to consider his request. It is unknown when this will take place.</p> <p>Timofey Yuryevich Reznichenko was brought up in a large Baptist family in the Primorye Region village of Zarubino. His older brother, Vyacheslav, refused on grounds of his religious beliefs to be deployed to fight in Ukraine when he was mobilised as a reservist in September 2022. Vyacheslav is now <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2865">serving a sentence of two years and six months</a> in a prison colony-settlement, having been convicted of refusing to participate in military operations (Criminal Code Article 332, Part 2.1).</p> <p>Vyacheslav Reznichenko is <a href="https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2865">one of four men known to be jailed</a> because they refused on religious grounds to go to fight in Ukraine.</p> <p>According to the written decision, seen by Forum 18, Timofey Reznichenko explained in court that he is a believer, and had initially applied for alternative civilian service on 29 September 2022 on grounds of his religious beliefs.</p> <p>In response, Khasan District Military Commissariat informed Reznichenko in a letter of 5 October 2022 that he was registered as "partially fit for military service", and was therefore subject to Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the Law on Alternative Civilian Service. This states that citizens not subject to conscription [for medical reasons] are not sent to do ACS either.</p> <p>During the spring call-up of 2023, the letter continued, Reznichenko would be given a medical examination and "a decision would be made on assignment to alternative civilian service or exemption from conscription for military service in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation".</p> <p>Reznichenko received no summons to a Conscription Commission meeting or medical examination during the spring call-up, and so submitted another application on 4 October 2023, noting his previous attempt and reiterating his request for ACS. The Conscription Commission turned this down on 9 November.</p> <p>The Conscription Commission stated to the court that Reznichenko's first application had not been considered in spring 2023 "due to his failure to provide the [apparently non-existent] conclusion of the medical board". After the spring call-up ended, they considered this application invalid. His second application was not considered because he had missed the autumn deadline by three days.</p> <p>The judge, however, concluded that, by law, the Conscription Commission in fact should have considered Reznichenko's September 2022 request in the spring 2023 call-up, and having failed to do this, should have considered it in the autumn. The 2006 Constitutional Court ruling also indicated that missing the autumn deadline was no grounds for outright refusal.</p> <p>The actions of the Conscription Commission and Military Commissariat were therefore "unfounded in law, violating the rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of the administrative plaintiff". </p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-author-information--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--field-author-information.html.twig * field--default--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--field-author-information.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--node--field-author-information.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-author-information.html.twig * field--entity-reference-revisions.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author-information field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Author information</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'paragraph' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * paragraph--authors-and-bios--bio-only.html.twig * paragraph--authors-and-bios.html.twig * paragraph--bio-only.html.twig x paragraph.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/paragraphs/paragraph.html.twig' --> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--authors-and-bios paragraph--id--_29 paragraph--view-mode--bio-only"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-bio--bio-only.html.twig * field--paragraph--field-bio--authors-and-bios.html.twig * field--paragraph--field-bio.html.twig * field--paragraph--authors-and-bios.html.twig * field--field-bio.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-bio field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Victoria Arnold, <a href="https://www.forum18.org/"><em>Forum 18</em></a>. 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field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-theme.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/57" hreflang="en">Conscientious objection</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 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alt="Activists in Turin, Italy." typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * 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'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>From 4th-10th December 2023, #ObjectWarCampaign actions and events took place in over 30 locations across Europe. The demand for protection and asylum for conscientious objectors from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine was heard everywhere. <a href="https://objectwarcampaign.org/en/2023/12/18/images-and-videos-of-the-week-of-action-dezember-2023/#more-1178">Click here</a> to see a selection of pictures and videos from the actions that took place during the week of 4th-10th December on the campaign website <a href="https://objectwarcampaign.org/en/2023/12/18/images-and-videos-of-the-week-of-action-dezember-2023/#more-1178">objectwarcampaign.org</a>.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * 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class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/57" hreflang="en">Conscientious objection</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=42662&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="SuEcQQY8g6rRFVFIx2k3E-sRpJImXWA6PzAtYQflpiE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:41:00 +0000 cmoy 42662 at https://updates.wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/pictures-and-videos-week-action-objectwarcampaign#comments ObjectWar Campaign week of action taking place with multiple events 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srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2023-09/01-dsc_7556_02-1536x877.jpeg?itok=lQZzlfVe 1x" type="image/jpeg"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2023-09/01-dsc_7556_02-1536x877.jpeg?itok=lQZzlfVe" alt="Activists protesting in Germany as part of the ObjectWar Campaign" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 04 Dec 2023</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><strong>The <a href="https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/take-action-objectwarcampaign-4th-10th-december-2023">ObjectWar Campaign week of action</a> is taking place between 4th-10th December with multiple events across Europe.</strong> With their actions, activists are calling on Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to stop <strong>the persecution of conscientious objectors and deserters</strong>; as well as calling on the European Union <strong>to protect those refusing to take part in the war in Ukraine</strong>. Find a list of events taking place as part of the week of action below:</p> <p><strong>Mo., December 4, 2023, 2-4 pm in Münster,</strong> rally in front of the entrance to the Peace Hall in the Historic Town Hall on Prinzipalmarkt - with 5m high inflatable broken rifle.</p> <p><strong>Tu., December 5, 2023: Herford</strong></p> <p><strong>Tu., December 5, 2023, 6.30 pm in Wien</strong>, Reading Circle and letter campaign for conscientious objectors, in the office of International Fellowship of Reconciliation, Lederergasse 23/3/27</p> <p><strong>Wd., December 6, 2023, 3 pm: Frankfurt am Main</strong>, rally and creative action on the south bank of the Main, near the Old Bridge (<a href="https://www.dfg-vk-hessen.de/aktuell/kdv-aktionswoche">...more</a>)</p> <p><strong>Wd., December 6, 2023, 7 pm in Tampere, Finland</strong>: Film AKL:n tukikeikka Vastavirralla, Vastavirta-klubi, Pispalan Valtatie 39. (<a href="https://akl-web.fi/fi/posts/612-akln-tukikeikka-vastavirralla">https://akl-web.fi/fi/posts/612-akln-tukikeikka-vastavirralla</a>)</p> <p><strong>Wd., December 6, 2023, 2-4 pm, Hamburg</strong> Farmsen train station: information stand</p> <p><strong>Wd., December 6, 2023, 2-6 pm, Bremen</strong>, Vigil in front of Kunsthalle, Am Wall 207</p> <p><strong>Th., December 7, 2023, 12 to 6 pm, in Lübeck</strong>, at Kohlmarkt (near Betty Barclays). With a 5m high broken rifle</p> <p><strong>Th., December 7,2023, 4 to 5.30 pm in Düsseldorf,</strong> vigil Königsallee/Theodor-Körner-Str. (Triton Fountain). The author and theologian Peter Bürger spoke.</p> <p><strong>Th., December 7, 2023, 2 to 3.30 pm, Bonn</strong>, Vigil on Martinsplatz</p> <p><strong>Th., December 7, 2023, 6.30 to 8.30 pm webinar:</strong> ObjectWar! Conscientious Objection in the war in Ukraine. Protection and asylum for conscientious objectors and deserters from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. With Rudi Friedrich and Marah Frech from Connection e.V. Organized by DFG-VK. <a href="http://www.dfg-vk.de/">www.dfg-vk.de</a>. Webinar in Deutsch. (<a href="https://de.connection-ev.org/article-3574">...more</a>)</p> <p><strong>Th., December 7, 2023, 7 pm Webinar</strong> on Conscientious Objection in the Situation of War in Ukraine. With two objectors from Russia. Webinar in English. (<a href="https://de.connection-ev.org/article-3598">...more</a>)</p> <p><strong>Th., December 7, 2023, 1 pm in London</strong>. Meeting outside the Embassy of the Russian Federation, 6/7 Kensington Palace Gardens London, W8 4QP (nearest tube Queensway or Notting Hill Gate). After delivering our letter we will walk just under a mile to the Ukrainian Embassy at 60 Holland Park London, W11 3SJ (nearest tube Holland Park). The action will be finished by approximately 1.45pm. (<a href="https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/peace/conscientious-objection/objectwar-campaign-upholding-the-right-to-on-conscientious-objection">...more</a>)</p> <p><strong>Th., December 7, 2023, 6pm in Bonn:</strong> Uni Bonn HG, Hörsaal 3. #ObjectWar - #ObjectWar - Lecture on support networks for conscientious objectors in the Vietnam War and today</p> <p><strong>Fr., December 8, 2023, 4pm-6pm in Rostock</strong>: action at central station, with 5 metre high broken rifle and free chairs for conscientious objectors and deserters in need of asylum</p> <p><strong>Fr., December 8, 2023, 2pm-4pm in Kassel</strong>: in front of the town hall, rally to demand protection and asylum for conscientious objectors and deserters from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine</p> <p><strong>Fr., December 8, 2023, 5-6 pm in London</strong> in front of the Israelian Ambassodor’s residence</p> <p><strong>Fr., December 8, 2023, in Cologne 5-6.30 pm</strong>: Rally on the Wallrafplatz <strong>7.30 pm: Lecture</strong> "Das Töten verweigern" (Refuse to kill) at the Friedensbildungswerk, Obenmarspforten 7-11. Lecture on the Russian poet Leo N. Tolstoy and persecuted opponents of military service. With Peter Bürger.</p> <p><strong>Sa., December 9, 2023, 2pm-3pm in Schwerin</strong>, Alter Garten - with 5m high inflatable broken rifle in front of Schwerin Castle / Landtag</p> <p><strong>Sa., December 9, 2023, 11 am in Berlin</strong>, rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate with speakers from Russia and Belarus and a visually powerful street theater action</p> <p><strong>Sa., December 9, 2023, 12 am in Göttingen</strong>, rally at "Nabel" (Weender Str./Theaterstr.)</p> <p><strong>Sa., December 9, 2023: Athens</strong>, in front of the Greek parliament</p> <p><strong>Sa., December 9, 2023, 2 pm in Mainz</strong>, Solidarity with Prisoners for Peace, event to mark Prisoners for Peace Day, Julius-Lehlbach-Haus, Kaiserstr. 26-30. (<a href="https://www.dfg-vk-mainz.de/aktuell/gefangene-fuer-den-frieden-2023">...more</a>)</p> <p><strong>Su., December 10, 2023, 11 am in Potsdam</strong>, Platz der Einheit: The memorial to the unknown deserter will be decorated with flowers. Deserters and opponents of military service are honored, especially in relation to the current war in Ukraine</p> <p><strong>Su., December 10, 2023, 6 pm in Karlsruhe</strong>, Tollhaus, Alter Schlachthof 35: As part of the event tot he Human Rights Day – Showing Solidarity</p> <p><strong>Su., December 10, 2023, 1 to 2.30 pm in Halle (Saale)</strong>, Roter Turm (<a href="https://sachsen-anhalt.dfg-vk.de/asyl-fuer-kriegsverweigererinnen-jetzt/">https://sachsen-anhalt.dfg-vk.de/asyl-fuer-kriegsverweigererinnen-jetzt/</a>)</p> <p><strong>Su., December 10, 2023, 2.30 pm and 4pm in Hambur</strong>g (<a href="https://de.connection-ev.org/article-3675">...more</a>)<br /><strong>2.30 pm rally</strong> (monument for deserters, Dammtor)<br /><strong>4 pm Discussion (webinar) on Campus of Hamburg University</strong>, Syntagma VMP 5 (WIWI-Bunker), besides the HASPA-Cafe: Protection and Asylum for deserters and conscientious objectors during the Russian invasion in Ukraine (German and Russian)</p> <p><strong>Su., December 10, 2023, 3.30-5.00 pm in Naumburg</strong>, Holzmarkt, Höhe Jakobstraße (<a href="https://sachsen-anhalt.dfg-vk.de/asyl-fuer-kriegsverweigererinnen-jetzt/">https://sachsen-anhalt.dfg-vk.de/asyl-fuer-kriegsverweigererinnen-jetzt/</a>)</p> <p><strong>Su., December 10, 2023, 12-12.30 pm in Löbau</strong>, deserters’ memorial in Brunnenstraße</p> <p><strong>Su., December 10, 2023 in Bonn</strong>: Vigil "Peace is a Human Right".</p> <p><strong>Th., December 14, 2023, 6 to 7.30 pm</strong>: 2nd online-Webinar of Peace Calling. With Dr. Margot Käßmann, Clemens Ronnefeldt, Özlem Demirel (MEP). Organized by Grüne Alternative. <a href="https://gruenealternative.de/">https://gruenealternative.de/</a> Webinar in German.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:48:00 +0000 cmoy 42655 at https://updates.wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/objectwar-campaign-week-action-taking-place-multiple-events#comments Take action with the #ObjectWarCampaign: 4th-10th December 2023 https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/take-action-objectwarcampaign-4th-10th-december-2023 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42643.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div 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</picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 28 Sep 2023</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><strong><em>Protection and asylum for all from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine who refuse military service</em></strong></p> <p><strong>Call for actions from December 4, 2023 to the International “Human Rights Day” on December 10, 2023.</strong></p> <p>War is a crime against humanity. We condemn Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine, which is contrary to international law and has already led to hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries and millions of refugees.</p> <p>Many people from Russia and Belarus, but also from Ukraine, who are threatened with military service, try to evade  it: They do not want to kill other people and they do not want to die in this war. Soldiers at the front want to lay down their weapons in the face of the horror. They all face repression and imprisonment, in Belarus even the death penalty. But: Conscientious objection is an internationally recognized human right!</p> <ul><li>We demand from the governments of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine: Stop the persecution of conscientious objectors and deserters immediately!</li> <li>We demand from the EU: Open the borders! Give opponents of war the option to enter the European Union! Protect conscientious objectors and deserters from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine and give them asylum!</li> </ul><p>For this purpose, we are going to organize rallies and demonstrations in front of Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian embassies as well as EU representations, vigils in front of deserter monuments and other creative actions at different locations in the week before the “International Human Rights Day” – from December 4 to 10, 2023. In doing so, we emphasize: conscientious objection is a human right!</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/objectwarcampaign">#ObjectWarCampaign</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/standwithobjectors">#StandWithObjectors</a></p> <h3>Who we are</h3> <p>We are an alliance of civil society organizations and are in solidarity with all people who stand up against war. We invite all people who want to stand up against war and against rearmament! There is no place for people and groups from the nationalistic and anti-democratic spectrum at our actions. Please inform us about planned actions at office@connection-ev.org.</p> <p><strong>Initiated by:</strong></p> <ul><li><a href="https://act4transformation.net/">act for transformation</a></li> <li><a href="https://friedensdienst.de/">Aktionsgemeinschaft Dienst für den Frieden (AGDF)</a></li> <li>Arbeitskreis Asyl Tribsees</li> <li><a href="https://akl-web.fi/en">Aseistakieltäytyjäliitto</a></li> <li><a href="https://antirrisies.gr/">Association of the Greek Conscientious Objectors</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.begegnungszentrum.at/">Begegnungszentrum für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.soziale-verteidigung.de/">Bund für Soziale Verteidigung</a></li> <li><a href="https://upgr.bv-opfer-ns-militaerjustiz.de/">Bundesvereinigung Opfer der NS-Militärjustiz e.V.</a></li> <li><a href="https://centeronconscience.org/">Center on Conscience and War</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.church-and-peace.org/en/">Church and Peace</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.connection-ev.org/">Connection e.V.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cpti.ws/">Conscience and Peace Tax International</a></li> <li><a href="https://dfg-vk.de/">Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft – Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen (DFG-VK)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ebco-beoc.org/">European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eak-online.de/">Ev. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kriegsdienstverweigerung und Frieden (EAK)</a></li> <li><a href="https://femartact.gr/">FemArtAct Social Cooperative</a></li> <li><a href="https://fluechtlingsrat-bw.de/">Flüchtlingsrat Baden-Württemberg e.V.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nds-fluerat.org/">Flüchtlingsrat Niedersachsen e.V.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.frsh.de/">Flüchtlingsrat Schleswig Holstein e.V.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.frauennetzwerk-fuer-frieden.de/">Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e.V.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.friedensbuero.at/">Friedensbüro Salzburg</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/">Graswurzelrevolution – Monthly Newspaper for a Nonviolent, Non-Dominant Society</a></li> <li>Grüne Alternative e.V. i.G.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ifor.org/">International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idk-info.net/">Internationale der KriegsdienstgegnerInnen (IDK)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ippnw.de/startseite.html">IPPNW – Ärzt*innen für die Verhütung des Atomkrieges / Ärzt*innen in sozialer Verantwortung e.V.</a></li> <li><a href="https://versoehnungsbund.de/">Internationaler Versöhnungsbund – Deutscher Zweig e.V.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.grundrechtekomitee.de/">Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koop-frieden.de/">Kooperation für den Frieden</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.lebenshaus-alb.de/">Lebenshaus Schwäbische Alb – Gemeinschaft für soziale Gerechtigkeit, Frieden und Ökologie e.V.</a></li> <li><a href="https://mirfrance.org/MIR/">Mouvement international de la Réconciliation (MIR France)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.naturfreunde.de/">NaturFreunde Deutschlands e.V.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.friedenskooperative.de/">Netzwerk Friedenskooperative</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.paxchristi.de/">pax christi – Deutsche Sektion e.V.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.zivildienst.ch/civiva-zivildienstverband">Schweizerischer Zivildienstverband CIVIVA</a></li> <li><a href="https://stopwapenhandel.org/">Stop Wapenhandel</a></li> <li><a href="https://friedenundgerechtigkeit.ch/?lang=de">Täuferisches Forum für Frieden und Gerechtigkeit (TFFG)</a></li> <li><a href="https://vicdaniret.org/">Vicdani Ret İzleme / Conscientious Objection Watch</a></li> <li><a href="https://vrede.be/nl">Vrede vzw</a></li> <li><a href="https://wri-irg.org/en">War Resisters’ International</a></li> </ul></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Programmes &amp; 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Mobilise for peace! https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/international-day-peace-stop-war-mobilise-peace <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42640.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42640" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-image--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image.html.twig * field--expert--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-image.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2023-09/screenshot_2023-09-21_at_18.17.32.png?itok=_YUhriXd 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2023-09/screenshot_2023-09-21_at_18.17.32.png?itok=CoamdBpR 1x" type="image/png"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2023-09/screenshot_2023-09-21_at_18.17.32.png?itok=CoamdBpR" alt="Joint press release visual including logos of the three organisations: EBCO, Connection e.V. and WRI" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 21 Sep 2023</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p style="margin-bottom:8px; text-align:justify">On the <strong>International Day of Peace</strong>, September 21st 2023, <strong>the International Fellowship of Reconciliation </strong>(IFOR)<strong>,</strong> <strong>War Resisters’ International</strong> (WRI), the <strong>European Bureau for Conscientious Objection</strong> (EBCO), and <strong>Connection e.V.</strong> (Germany) urge the involved countries in the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine to <strong>mobilise for peace instead of war,</strong> and the EU and the international community to <strong>invest in diplomacy and negotiations instead of weapons and militarism.</strong></p> <p>IFOR, WRI, EBCO and Connection e.V. call <strong>Russia, Ukraine and Belarus to safeguard the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, as well as the right to freedom of expression</strong>, fully complying with the European and international standards, amongst others the standards set by the European Court of Human Rights. <strong>The right to conscientious objection to military service is inherent in the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion</strong>, guaranteed under Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which is <strong>non-derogable even in a time of public emergency</strong>, as stated in Article 4(2) of ICCPR.</p> <p>The four organisations support:</p> <ul><li>the <a href="https://objectwarcampaign.org/en/">#ObjectWarCampaign</a>: Protection and asylum for all deserters and conscientious objectors to military service from <strong>Russia, Belarus, Ukraine</strong>.</li> <li>the <a href="https://ebco-beoc.org/node/579">appeal</a> to the European Commission and the European Parliament about necessary measures for the international protection of <strong>Russian conscientious objectors, deserters and those who surrendered or were captured.</strong></li> <li>the <a href="https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/ukraine-release-yurii-sheliazhenko">campaign</a> <strong>to drop all charges against Yurii Sheliazhenko</strong>, Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, who is under partial house arrest since August 15th 2023, and his next court hearing is on October 3rd 2023.</li> <li>the <a href="https://news.house/60890">#protection4olga</a> <strong>campaign: Protection and asylum for Olga Karatch</strong>, director of the Belarusian organisation "Our House" in Lithuania, whose application for political asylum was rejected by the Lithuanian authorities on August 18th 2023.</li> <li>the <a href="https://www.ipb.org/the-international-peace-bureauipb-has-announced-its-intention-to-nominate-three-remarkable-organizations-with-a-focus-on-the-right-to-conscientious-objection-for-the-2024-nobel-peace-prize/">IPB</a> intention to nominate three remarkable organizations with a focus on the right to conscientious objection for the <strong>2024 Nobel Peace Prize</strong>; the <a href="https://stoparmy.org/en/">Russian Movement of Conscientious Objectors</a>, the <a href="http://pacifism.org.ua/">Ukrainian Pacifist Movement</a>, and the Belarusian <a href="https://news.house/">Our House</a>, in recognition of their great work, their <strong>tangible contribution to peace</strong> and their considerable stigmatisation as defenders of peace, conscientious objection and human rights, especially after the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022.</li> </ul><p>FOR INTERVIEWS please contact:</p> <ul><li>Christian Renoux, International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), <a href="mailto:office@ifor.org">office@ifor.org</a>, <a href="http://www.ifor.org/">www.ifor.org</a></li> <li>Semih Sapmaz, War Resisters’ International (WRI), <a href="mailto:semih@wri-irg.org">semih@wri-irg.org</a>, <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org">www.wri-irg.org</a></li> <li>Alexia Tsouni, European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO), <a href="mailto:ebco@ebco-beoc.org">ebco@ebco-beoc.org</a>, <a href="http://www.ebco-beoc.org/">www.ebco-beoc.org</a></li> <li>Rudi Friedrich, Connection e.V., <a href="mailto:office@Connection-eV.org">office@Connection-eV.org</a>, <a href="http://www.Connection-eV.org">www.Connection-eV.org</a></li> <li>Maria Alexandrova, Russian Movement of Conscientious Objectors, <a href="mailto:community@stoparmy.org">community@stoparmy.org</a>, <a href="https://stoparmy.org/en">https://stoparmy.org/en</a></li> <li>Yurii Sheliazhenko, Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, <a href="mailto:yuriy.sheliazhenko@gmail.com">yuriy.sheliazhenko@gmail.com</a>, <a href="http://pacifism.org.ua/">http://pacifism.org.ua/</a></li> <li>Olga Karatch, Belarusian Our House, <a href="mailto:ask@news.house">ask@news.house</a>, <a href="https://news.house/">https://news.house/</a></li> </ul><p class="MsoFooter"> </p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * 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OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 12 Jul 2023</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><strong>Content warning: this article makes references to sexual violence, torture, and other details that some readers may find upsetting.</strong></p> <p>The Wagner Group is a Russian paramilitary organisation founded in 2014 by former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU_(Russian_Federation)" target="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU_(Russian_Federation)">GRU</a> officer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Utkin" target="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Utkin">Dmitry Utkin</a> and businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, and has been described as “one of Russia’s most influential foreign policy tools”. At its founding Prigozhin had close business ties to the Russian president Vladamir Putin, while Utkin has close ties to the Night Wolves, an ultra-nationalist and white supremacist motorcycle club. Since its founding, Wagner Group has become known for its readiness to use extreme levels of violence and brutality during its operations. The group has pushed hard for access to resource rich areas of Africa, in some cases accepting mineral extraction and logging rights in exchange for its military services. These operations have been <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/06/25/where-does-wagner-get-its-money-how-russias-mercenaries-turned-rebels-earned-millions-from-contracts-and-mining-deals/" target="https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/06/25/where-does-wagner-get-its-money-how-russias-mercenaries-turned-rebels-earned-millions-from-contracts-and-mining-deals/">immensely profitable</a>. For example, in 2018, oil companies connected to Prigozhin were reportedly offered a 25% stake in any oil fields that Wagner Group managed to seize from ISIS in Syria. By 2020, one of these companies generated $134 million in gross sales and $90 million in profit from these Syrian oil fields.</p> <p>Until recently, Wagner Group has operated relatively discreetly around the world, with involvement recorded in Syria, Libya, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Venezuela, Mozambique, and Ukraine. As well as direct involvement in conflict, the company also provides military support, training, and security services for politicians and at mining and other key sites. The Wagner Group has become well known for its active role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where it has played a pivotal role in some of the military activities taking place there.</p> <p>The Wagner Group doesn’t appear to exist as a single entity, but rather as a “sprawling network of interacting companies”, as according to the Financial Times. Putin has said that the Russian state fully funds the Wagner Group, <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-yevgeny-prigozhin-russia-kremlin-gave-wagner-group-nearly-1-billion-in-the-past-year/" target="https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-yevgeny-prigozhin-russia-kremlin-gave-wagner-group-nearly-1-billion-in-the-past-year/">telling a meeting of Russian defense</a> officials that the state paid “more than 86 billion rubles (approximately $940 million) to the Wagner Group”.</p> <p>This profile will focus on Wagner Group’s activities outside of Ukraine.</p> <h1>Libya</h1> <p>The Wagner Group is involved in several conflicts across Africa, providing an array of services to Libya, Sudan, South Sudan, Mozambique, and the Central African Republic. In Libya, Wagner Group supported Khalifa Hiftar’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) in a 2019-2020 assault on Tripoli, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/31/libya-russias-wagner-group-set-landmines-near-tripoli" target="https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/31/libya-russias-wagner-group-set-landmines-near-tripoli">laying land mines and booby traps</a>, weapons that have been banned under international law because they are not able to discriminate between civilians and military personnel. Evidence collected by the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-58009514">BBC suggests</a> that the Wagner Group played a key role in laying anti-personnel mines in the area.</p> <h1>Central African Republic</h1> <p>In the Central Africa Republic, Wagner Group has profited from extractivism and logging operations, after around 1000 Wagner mercenaries entered the country in 2016 to defend the government of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra. Wagner Group were given unrestricted logging rights, and control of the Ndassima gold mine. A woman who’s husband worked at the mine <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/africa/wagner-ukraine-russia-central-african-republic-gold-mine-putin-rcna86392" target="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/africa/wagner-ukraine-russia-central-african-republic-gold-mine-putin-rcna86392">told NBC News</a> that he and several others were killed after refusing to leave when Wagner Group mercenaries arrived to violently take over the mine. Others said that the group specifically targetted civilians to terrorize them, before taking over the mine. Since 2021 the mine has seen extensive development, with sophisticated processing equipment installed. Analysts have said there is evidence of a long-term plan for significant resource extraction that might be <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/africa/wagner-ukraine-russia-central-african-republic-gold-mine-putin-rcna86392" target="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/africa/wagner-ukraine-russia-central-african-republic-gold-mine-putin-rcna86392">worth $100 million a year</a>.</p> <p>In 2023 there were reported clashes between the rebel group Coalition of Patriots for Change and Wagner forces, with Wagner sustaining relatively heavy casualties after an ambush. Rebel factions have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/02/wagner-mercenaries-sustain-losses-in-fight-for-central-african-republic-gold" target="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/02/wagner-mercenaries-sustain-losses-in-fight-for-central-african-republic-gold">started fighting together</a> to protect their mining interests as Wagner was tried to secure access to mining sites.</p> <h1>Mozambique</h1> <p>In 2019, CNN <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/29/africa/russian-mercenaries-mozambique-intl/index.html" target="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/29/africa/russian-mercenaries-mozambique-intl/index.html">reported on Wagner Groups operations in Mozambique</a>, where the group was contracted to support the Mozambique army in counter-insurgency operations in its northern province. The deployment of 160 Wagner Group contractors took place a month after a visit by the Mozambique president Filipe Nyusi to Moscow. The group arrived on Russian An-124 transport planes, at least one of which belonged to the Russian airforce. A number of Russian companies are competing with other international groups to exploit Mozambique’s natural resources, including liquified natural gas and diamonds. It has been reported that the Wagner Group’s fighters withdrew and were replaced with troops from Rwanda after the Wagner Group failed to contain the insurgency.</p> <h1>Mali</h1> <p>A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/20/russian-mercenaries-behind-slaughter-in-mali-village-un-report-finds" target="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/20/russian-mercenaries-behind-slaughter-in-mali-village-un-report-finds">United Nations report published in May 2023</a> details the massacre of up to 500 civilians, believed to have been perpetrated by the Malian security forces and members of Wagner Group. The attack occurred in the village of Moura in the Inner Niger Delta region of Mali. Dozens of armed troops were dropped off by helicopters. Over five days, hundreds of people – the vast majority unarmed civilians – were killed.</p> <h1>Syria</h1> <p>The Wagner Group was <a href="https://www.rbth.com/economics/defence/2016/08/31/russias-wagner-group-fighters-sighted-in-syria_625551" target="https://www.rbth.com/economics/defence/2016/08/31/russias-wagner-group-fighters-sighted-in-syria_625551">first sighted in Syria in 2016</a>, with between 1000 and 1600 employees in the country. The company has been responsible for securing oil and gas wells seized by other Russian companies, and <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2017/11/02/how-wagner-came-to-syria" target="https://www.economist.com/europe/2017/11/02/how-wagner-came-to-syria">serving as “shock troops”</a> in the Syrian state’s offensive on Palmyra in 2016. It is thought hundreds of Wagner Group fighters were killed in the 2018 Battle of Khasham, when US airstrikes hit pro-regime positions near the towns of Khasham and Al Tabiyeh.</p> <p>In 2021, three NGOs - the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) and Russian rights group Memorial – launched a legal case against Wagner on behalf of a Syrian torture victim.</p> <p>In 2017, a video showing the brutal torture and murder of Hamadi Bouta, a Syrian Army deserter, by members of the Wagner Group was released. The footage showed Bouta being killed with a sledgehammer, beheaded, then set on fire. Wagner Group has since <a href="https://theintercept.com/2023/02/02/wagner-group-violence-sledgehammer/" target="https://theintercept.com/2023/02/02/wagner-group-violence-sledgehammer/">made the sledgehammer a key part of its branding</a>, including images of a sledgehammer in its logo, and on t-shirts and other merchandise.</p> <h1>Venezuela</h1> <p>In 2019 it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/25/venezuela-maduro-russia-private-security-contractors">was reported</a> that members of Wagner Group travelled to Venezuela to act as body guards for the president Nicolás Maduro. The deployment occurred as Russia and the US backed different sides of a conflict over control of Venezuela; Russia support Maduro, while the US threw its weight behind opposition leader Juan Guaido.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * 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Republic</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/182" hreflang="en">Mali</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/224" hreflang="en">Venezuela</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Wed, 12 Jul 2023 15:53:00 +0000 Andrew 42619 at https://updates.wri-irg.org WRI co-signs the appeal to the European Commission and the European Parliament about necessary measures for the international protection of Russian conscientious objectors, deserters and those who surrendered or were captured https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/wri-co-signs-appeal-european-commission-and-european-parliament-about-necessary-measures <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42649.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42649" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * 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field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="text-decoration:none">Almost 90 anti-war initiatives, including War Resisters' International, have appealed to the European Parliament and the member states of the European Union to protect Russian conscientious objectors, deserters and those who surrendered or were captured. Read the appeal below.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <h2 style="line-height:1.380000027272727; margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">An appeal to the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Member States of the European Union about necessary measures for the international protection of Russian conscientious objectors, deserters and those who surrendered or were captured<span style="font-size:15pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></h2> <p style="line-height:1.380000027272727">The Russian President’s Decree No. 647 of 21.09.2022 “On declaring partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation” effectively deprived servicemen of the possibility to leave military service of their own will while mobilised or under contract. Now they are forced to remain at the front and fight until they are either killed or seriously injured, or until they reach the age limit for military service, or they commit a crime for which they are punishable by imprisonment. </p> <p>Federal law No. 365-FZ of 24.09.2022 “On amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and to Article 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation,” in turn, introduced criminal liability for voluntary surrender and toughened liability for the voluntary abandonment of units and failure to comply with orders. Thus, on the legislative level there are serious obstacles to refusing to participate in the hostilities and exercising the constitutional right to conscientious objection to military service. </p> <p>The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation enshrined a stricter law enforcement practice in relation to those who surrender. The resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 11 of 18.05.2023 effectively introduces a presumption of guilt for those who have been taken prisoner. </p> <p>Another cause for concern are the recent amendments to the federal laws “On military duty and military service” and “On the procedure for exiting and entering the Russian Federation,” which introduce an extrajudicial temporary restriction on leaving the country for conscripts, the confiscation of foreign passports from citizens called up for military service, as well as other restrictions for failure to appear when summoned to the military registration office: a ban on driving vehicles, registering property and financial transactions among others.</p> <p>Vladimir Putin’s regime has thus established mechanisms to persecute those Russian citizens who refuse to participate in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the combat operations on its territory, who try to exercise the right to conscientious objection to military service and who desert or surrender. In effect, this means that the regime has the legal possibility to forcibly send large numbers of Russian citizens to a criminal war at any time.</p> <p>Obviously, one of the most reliable ways to protect oneself from being sent to war is to leave Russia and travel to safe countries. However, emigration is an extremely complicated process. The EU has suspended the visa facilitation agreement with Russia. There are no general guidelines for the protection of conscientious objectors, deserters, people who voluntarily surrender or prisoners of war. </p> <p>In view of the above, we, the undersigned anti-war initiatives, call on the European Commission and the European Parliament within the framework of their respective mandates and in cooperation with Russian and international human rights and humanitarian organisations to:</p> <p>1. Consider recognising Russia’s war against Ukraine as a crime against peace to clarify the humanitarian status of Russian conscientious objectors and deserters who, as part of their right to freedom of conscience, refuse to participate in the criminal war.</p> <p>2. Develop and adopt a unified approach to the provision of international protection for Russian citizens who are under threat of criminal prosecution or are prosecuted for exercising their right to conscientious objection to military service. </p> <p>3. Develop and adopt a unified approach to the provision of international protection for Russian citizens who were mobilised, conscripted or were serving in the military under contract and were sent to perform military service in military units or in a combat zone on the territory of Ukraine and who:</p> <ul><li>declared their refusal to participate in combat operations, to carry out orders related to combat operations against Ukraine, left the place of service (deserted) and are under threat of criminal prosecution or are being criminally prosecuted;</li> <li>voluntarily surrendered to the AFU or are already held as POWs, have declared their disagreement with Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, refuse to return to Russia because they may be criminally prosecuted by the Russian authorities, and are ready to cooperate with the state authorities of European countries and international justice bodies and testify about war crimes committed by the Russian Armed Forces.</li> </ul><p>4. Develop common guidelines for establishing suitable visa procedures or travel documents for the above categories of Russian citizens for the purpose of their transit to EU countries that are willing to provide them with international protection, including:</p> <ul><li>consider adopting common guidelines for a broader application of humanitarian visas and extending the eligibility criteria to the above categories of Russian citizens;</li> <li>consider adopting common guidelines on accepting asylum applications from the above categories of Russian citizens at embassies and consulates of EU countries in third countries;</li> <li>consider adopting common guidelines on issuing job-seeker visas in the embassies and consulates of EU states in third countries for the legal migration of qualified personnel from the above categories of Russian citizens.</li> </ul><p>5. Develop mechanisms for providing support, including consulting and financial support, to specialised organisations and initiatives that specialise in evacuating from Russia, creating a network of shelters, legal assistance and other measures to support the above categories of Russian citizens in Russia and third countries.</p> <p>6.  Develop mechanisms to provide financial and humanitarian support to third countries that host a significant number of Russian citizens from the above categories, as well as those who are hiding from conscription and mobilisation, in order to enhance the capacity of these countries to accept and integrate these individuals.</p> <h3>Estimation of the number of those who will need international protection</h3> <p>According to the independent Russian media outlet Mediazona, since the announcement of mobilisation in autumn 2022 until May 2023, around 1500 cases against servicemen were submitted to Russian garrison military courts, consisting of: 1347 cases of unauthorised abandonment of a military unit, 81 cases of not following orders and 26 cases of desertion.</p> <p>According to estimates from Russian human rights activists, the number of deserters needing international protection should not exceed 1500 people per year. The number of citizens drafted for compulsory military service and who apply for alternative civilian service does not exceed 1500 per year, of which about 47% of applications are rejected. Neither the number of applications nor the percentage of refusals for those mobilised is known. </p> <p>It should also be taken into account that not all conscientious objectors and deserters who encounter violations of their rights and/or are persecuted will want or be able to leave Russia in search of international protection. Often personal circumstances – financial, family and other – will prevent this. In addition, some refugees will prefer to remain in third countries and will not go to the EU. </p> <p>As a result, our preliminary estimate of the number of citizens who would need protection under our proposals (excluding prisoners, about whom we have no information) is no more than 2000 to 3000 people per year. </p> <p> We, Russian anti-war, human rights and humanitarian initiatives, human rights defenders and activists, are ready to cooperate with EU authorities in order to develop a universal and effective approach to the above-mentioned issues. We are also ready to help with the processes of verification, consultation and the development and dissemination of guidelines for those who are fleeing from mobilisation and conscription. </p> <p>With regards to this, we propose that the European Parliament and European Commission create special working and contact groups, where, with the participation of Russian anti-war human rights and humanitarian initiatives, they could develop concrete steps and solutions to implement the points outlined in our appeal. We are convinced that it is indeed only through joint efforts that we will be able to save as many lives as possible on both sides of the front.</p> <p>Signatories:</p> <ol><li aria-level="1">The Youth Democratic Movement Vesna (Russia)</li> <li aria-level="1">The Anti-War Project Idite lesom (Russia)</li> <li aria-level="1">The Autonomous Non-Profit Human Rights Organisation Shkola Prizyvnika (Russia)</li> <li aria-level="1">The Initiative Demokrati-JA (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">The Movement of Conscientious Objectors (Russia)</li> <li aria-level="1">The “Political prisoners. Memorial” human rights project (Russia)</li> <li aria-level="1">Austausch, for the European Civil Society (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">The Sakharov Movement Mir, Progress, Prava Cheloveka (Russia)</li> <li aria-level="1">The Project Tochka [Ne]vozvrata</li> <li aria-level="1">inTransit, the Berlin Anti-War Initiative  (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">The Board of FreeRussiaNL (the Netherlands)</li> <li aria-level="1">The Hub for Humanitarian Projects Reshim.org</li> <li aria-level="1">Russland hinter Gittern e.V. (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Frame, the Civic Education Initiative, (Georgia)</li> <li aria-level="1">The Association of Free Russians (Spain)</li> <li aria-level="1">The Ark</li> <li aria-level="1">The French Association Russie-Libertés (France)</li> <li aria-level="1">Ksenia Maximova, the Founder of the Russian Democratic Society (The UK)</li> <li aria-level="1">Russi contro la guerra (Italy)</li> <li aria-level="1">WOT Foundation (Poland) </li> <li aria-level="1">Free Russians e.V. (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">The Online Magazine Shveitsariya dlya vsekh (Switzerland)</li> <li aria-level="1">Inna Berezkina, School of Civic Education</li> <li aria-level="1">The Russian Democratic Society (Serbia)</li> <li aria-level="1">SmåRådina, for the Democratic Russia (Norway)</li> <li aria-level="1">Russian Canadian Democratic Alliance (Canada) </li> <li aria-level="1">The Democratic  Community of Russian Speakers in Finland (Finland)</li> <li aria-level="1">Media Partizany (Russia)</li> <li aria-level="1">Krakow for Free Russia (Poland) </li> <li aria-level="1">Russland der Zukunft — Schweiz</li> <li aria-level="1">Russians Against War — Vienna</li> <li aria-level="1">Free Russians Ireland</li> <li aria-level="1">Mariia Solenova, Všį Action4life</li> <li aria-level="1">International Centre for civil initiatives “Our House”, Belarus &amp; Lithuania</li> <li aria-level="1">The Finnish Union of Conscientious Objectors Aseistakieltäytyjäliitto (Finland)</li> <li aria-level="1">Conscience and Peace Tax International</li> <li aria-level="1">Antimilitaristes-MOC València (Spain)</li> <li aria-level="1">Movimento Nonviolento (Italy)    </li> <li aria-level="1">Antimilitaristische Aktion Berlin (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO)</li> <li aria-level="1">Connection e.V. (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Pax Christi Flanders (Belgium)</li> <li aria-level="1">War Resisters’ International (WRI)</li> <li aria-level="1">Internationale der Kriegsdienstgegner*innen (IDK e.V. Berlin/Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Movimento Internazionale della Riconciliazione (M.I.R. Italia)</li> <li aria-level="1">Pax christi — deutsche Sektion (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Conscientious Objection Watch (Turkey)</li> <li aria-level="1">Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft — Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen (DFG-VK, Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Bund für Soziale Verteidigung (BSV) (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Arbeitskreis Asyl Tribsees (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">National Association Victims of NS-Military-Justice e.V. (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Church and Peace e.V. — Ecumenical peace church network in Europe (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">German Mennonite Peace Committee (DMFK, Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Vredesbeweging Pais (Peace movement Pais) (The Netherlands)</li> <li aria-level="1">Stichting voor Actieve Geweldloosheid (The Netherlands)</li> <li aria-level="1">Mennonite Peace Centre Berlin (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">ACAT Germany (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture)</li> <li aria-level="1">Federal Association of Vietnamese Refugees in the Federal Republic of Germany</li> <li aria-level="1">IPPNW Germany - Internationale Ärzt*innen für die Verhütung des Atomkrieges - Ärzt*innen in sozialer Verantwortung e.V. (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">ACAT Belgium</li> <li aria-level="1">Evangelische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kriegsdienstverweigerung und Frieden (EAK) (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Aktionsgemeinschaft Dienst für den Frieden (AGDF) (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Museum voor Vrede en Geweldloosheid</li> <li aria-level="1">Vereniging Kerk en Vrede (The Netherlands)</li> <li aria-level="1">Kooperation für den Frieden (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Feminist Anti-war Resistance</li> <li aria-level="1">Comunità dei Russi Liberi (Italy)</li> <li aria-level="1">Anti-war committee in Sweden</li> <li aria-level="1">Maria Beple, designer</li> <li aria-level="1">Freies Russland NRW</li> <li aria-level="1">Conflict Intelligence Team</li> <li aria-level="1">Loimaa Against War, Loimaa, Finland</li> <li aria-level="1">Journal Graswurzelrevolution, Germany</li> <li aria-level="1">Société Religieuse des Amis (Quaker) Assemblée de France </li> <li aria-level="1">Journal de l'émigration antiguerre russophone "Côte de la Paix"</li> <li aria-level="1">Anti-War Hospital Project </li> <li aria-level="1">Mouvement Internationale de la Réconciliation - MIR France</li> <li aria-level="1">Federation for social Defence/Bund für soziale Verteidigung - BSV (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Flüchtlingsrat Baden-Württemberg e.V.</li> <li aria-level="1">Workshop for Nonviolent Action/Werkstatt für Gewaltfreie Aktion (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Heidelberger Friedensratschlag - Netzwerk Friedenskooperative (Germany)</li> <li aria-level="1">Antiwar Movement of Russians in Korea "Voices In Korea"</li> <li aria-level="1">Antiwar Kaluga</li> <li aria-level="1">Association For Free Russia in Bulgaria</li> <li aria-level="1">Territory of Peace and Kindness </li> <li aria-level="1">Omsk Civil Union, Russia </li> <li aria-level="1">Protestant Working Group for Conscientious Objection and Peace (Germany)</li> </ol></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 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https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/wri-co-signs-appeal-european-commission-and-european-parliament-about-necessary-measures#comments German antimilitarists under surveillence following actions opposing Russia invasion of Ukraine https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/german-antimilitarists-under-surveillence-following-actions-opposing-russia-invasion <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42611.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42611" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> 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<source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2023-06/russian_embassy_body_bag.jpg?itok=KzPpDJyr 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2023-06/russian_embassy_body_bag.jpg?itok=Ms-oSCma 1x" type="image/jpeg"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2023-06/russian_embassy_body_bag.jpg?itok=Ms-oSCma" alt="A model made of bin bags is propped against a lampost. In the background is a large ornate building and trees." title="A &quot;body bag&quot; model is placed outside the Russian embassy in Berlin. Photo credit: Antimilitaristische Aktion Berlin" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption">A &quot;body bag&quot; model is placed outside the Russian embassy in Berlin. Photo credit: Antimilitaristische Aktion Berlin</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 30 Jun 2023</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The German antimilitarist group <em>Antimilitaristische Aktion Berlin</em> (Antimilitarist Action Berlin) have found evidence that Berlin’s domestic intelligence agency (“Verfassungsschutz Berlin”) is monitoring their activities. Two imaginative and striking protest actions against Gazprom and the Russian Embassy, organized by <em>Antimilitarist Action Berlin (amab)</em> in 2022 were included in a report by the agency in June 2022. “We joked that the Russian secret services would certainly take interest in our actions,” says Jan Hansen, spokesperson for Antimilitarist Action Berlin (amab): “But it’s a scandal that the Berlin secret service is watching us because of protests against the Russian war of aggression and its profiteers!”</p> <p><em>Antimilitarist Action Berlin (amab)</em> is a group of young people who are committed to opposing war and rearmament. “That’s why it was natural for us to raise our voices against the Russian war of aggression right from the start.” Just a few days after the invasion, Antimilitarist Action Berlin protested in front of Gazprom’s headquarters in Berlin. There, the group symbolically sawed a gas pipeline in half and demanded the immediate closure of the gas pipeline Nord Stream 1.</p> <p>Antimilitarist Action Berlin also protested at the Russian embassy in Berlin, placing black trash bags around the embassy to resemble body bags labeled with “Z-200”. The group’s statement explained: “The Russian government is waging a murderous and criminal war of aggression in Ukraine. We call on the employees of the Russian embassy to do everything in their power to make their government stop the war and withdraw their army from Ukraine.”</p> <h1>Surveillence</h1> <p>These actions were identified by the Verfassungsschutz Berlin's annual report in 2022. Under the section "left-wing extremism" the report noted “There were isolated protest actions in front of, and damage to, property at Russian facilities and companies. The corporate headquarters of ‘Gazprom’ were repeatedly attacked in February. In October, there were two incidents of damage to property (placement of alleged body bags and throwing of paint bags) in front of, or at, the Embassy of the Russian Federation.”</p> <p>On their blog, Antimilitarist Action Berlin said that the consequences of being referred to in the secret service’s report were indirect and hard-to-predict. Being noted in the report is akin to an enemy declaration. It signals to other state authorities that they do not have to exercise any restraint when dealing with the groups in question, since they are almost “terrorists”. Additionally, banks can cancel an affected person’s accounts, other countries can refuse them entry, and it can affect chances of employment. Furthermore, the secret services try to drain the affected groups of support from civil society. “After all, who wants to be the next organization under observation of the secret service?” states Jan Hansen.</p> <p><strong>This article is based on the original article posted by <em>Antimilitaristische Aktion Berlin</em>. <a href="https://amab.blackblogs.org/en/2023/06/30/berlin-secret-service-monitors-putin-opposers-2/">You can find the post here</a>.</strong></p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * 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field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-countries.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Countries</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/101" hreflang="en">Germany</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/157" hreflang="en">Ukraine</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/185" hreflang="en">Russian Federation</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * 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* field--field-police-militarisation-them--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--expert--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--node--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Police militarisation theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/pm-themes/repression-protest" hreflang="en">Repression of protest</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=42611&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="lzCol1UGhv5J2Z9J-xQD8jFkyOUEM9F9gufXTy4E-2A"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:51:00 +0000 Andrew 42611 at https://updates.wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/german-antimilitarists-under-surveillence-following-actions-opposing-russia-invasion#comments Russia: Movement of Conscientious Objectors officially labelled as a "foreign agent" https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/russia-movement-conscientious-objectors-officially-labelled-foreign-agent <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42609.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42609" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-image--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image.html.twig * field--expert--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-image.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2023-06/screenshot_2023-06-28_at_18.09.27.png?itok=B4Fff8Cg 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2023-06/screenshot_2023-06-28_at_18.09.27.png?itok=BErBMpUi 1x" type="image/png"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2023-06/screenshot_2023-06-28_at_18.09.27.png?itok=BErBMpUi" alt="Logo of the Movement of Conscientious Objectors" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 28 Jun 2023</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><h2>Statement of the Movement of Conscientious Objectors, Russia</h2> <p>As of last Friday, June 23rd, the Movement of Conscientious Objectors has been officially labeled as a "foreign agent" in the Russian Federation.</p> <p>This action, while a demonstration of the effectiveness of our work, is fundamentally a discriminatory application of law that contradicts universally accepted human rights and freedoms.</p> <p>The Ministry of Justice accuses us of disseminating supposedly false information about the government’s actions, decisions, and policies, in addition to opposing Russia’s military actions in Ukraine. For the current government of the Russian Federation, these allegations are sufficient to warrant the stigmatization of our organization.</p> <p>Our team has been working diligently over the weekend to undertake measures for the safety of our dedicated team members and the communities we serve. A significant number of our volunteers and coordinators are based in Russia, and they now face a heightened risk of state pressure and persecution. Despite these increased threats, we remain committed to supporting those who resist war and forced conscription.</p> <p>We want to assure you that the Movement of Conscientious Objectors will continue our mission. We stand firm in our principles and values, dedicated to educating individuals about their right to conscientious objection to military service.</p> <p>This situation underlines the importance of our partnership with the global community. Starting this week, we will introduce a monthly news digest to keep you and other interested parties informed about our ongoing work and challenges. Feel free to pass this message along to anyone who may be interested in following our work.</p> <p>We take this opportunity to remind you of the importance of your continued support. Whether it involves amplifying our voice, providing outreach opportunities, or assisting with fundraising efforts, your contributions are invaluable in these challenging times.</p> <p>Thank you for standing with us. We deeply appreciate your ongoing commitment and support. You can donate via the Finnish organisation Aseistakieltäytyjäliitto, Danske Bank, Account number: FI87 8000 1700 7505 41.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Programmes &amp; 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