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 International Support of Conscientious Objectors and Deserters
Conscientious objectors, men as well as women, need help on an international scale. Connection e.V. is committed to support war resisters.
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Connection e.V. and IVAW Europe call to protest
Afghanistan refuser from Britain faces ten years in jail
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 (21.01.2010)
Lance Corporal Joe Glenton joined the British Army in 2004 and was sent to Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2006. While the army and politicians claimed that British troops were there to help, he was shocked to find that the Afghan people were against them. Ashamed and disillusioned, he went AWOL in 2007. He handed himself in two years later und spoke at an anti-war demonstration in London on 24 October 2009. Afterwards he was charged with desertion as well as with disobeying lawful orders. Therefore he faces up to ten years in jail. After some weeks in jail Joe Glenton was released on bail in December 2009. His preliminary hearing will take place at a military court at Bulford Camp on January 29th. Connection e.V. and Iraq Veterans Against the War Europe call to support Joe Glenton. Protest faxes can be sent online via www.Connection-eV.de/en_aktion-gb.php. Connection e.V. will forward your message to the British Government. |
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Support AWOL US soldier André Shepherd who asked for asylum in Germany
Appeal to German government, solidarity postcard, donations
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 (10.01.2010)
André Shepherd joined the U.S. army in 2004 and after 6 months’ training was stationed in Iraq as a mechanic for Apache helicopters. When he returned to his unit in Katterbach (Bavaria), he began intensively to research, to come to terms with what the U.S. military was doing to the civilian population in Iraq. “In the end, I knew the truth: if I went (to Iraq) again, I would be responsible for the death and misery of innocent people. Then the path for me was clear: I had to get out of the army.“ André Shepherd applied in November 2008 for asylum in Germany. Currently, André Shepherd is waiting for the decision of the Federal Office of Migration regarding his application for asylum. He needs political and financial support. |
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André Shepherd: Letter to Supporters
"I understand that this is a potential political time-bomb"
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 (26.11.2009)
One year after André Shepherd applied for asylum in Germany he reports about his situation. |
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US AWOL soldier André Shepherd Needs Asylum!
A Declaration on Anti-War Day, 2009 - Signed by more than 100 groups and organisations
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(01.09.2009)
US AWOL soldier André Shepherd applied in November 2008 for asylum in Germany. Currently, he is waiting for the decision of the Federal Office of Migration regarding his application for asylum. More than 100 groups and organisations are asking the Federal Government of Germany at September 1, 2009, "to grant André Shepherd asylum, and to protect those who conscientiously object to participating in wars contrary to the law of international human rights". |
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