Show last 20 articles - information to antimilitarizm, recruitment, resisting and asylum en-en http://www.connection-ev.de/bilder/logo_connxml.jpg http://www.connection-ev.de/bilder/logo_connxml.jpg Connection e.V. - About Us Many countries practice forceful recruitment for war. Objectors are discriminated against and persecuted. Connection e.V., an association founded in 1993, advocates a comprehensive right to conscientious objection at an international level. The organisation collaborates with groups opposing war, conscription and the military. Beyond Europe, our network extends to Turkey, the U.S., Israel, Latin America and Africa. The danger of prosecution has forced many conscientious objectors to leave their countries. However, prosecution as a conscientious objector is usually not recognized as a reason for asylum. Connection e.V. demands that conscientious objectors from war regions should get asylum. We offer counseling and information to refugees and support for their self-organization. (Aktualisiert am 19.06.2009) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=592 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=592 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (07.03.2010) On March 5, 2010, British Afghanistan war refusenik Joe Glenton was sentenced to nine months in jail for having gone AWOL. Connection e.V., Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) Europe and German Peace Society und Organization of War Resisters (DFG-VK) in Hesse, alongside many other organizations worldwide, strongly condemn the judgment handed down by the military court in Colchester. Connection e.V., IVAW Europe and DFG-VK Hesse ask you to show solidarity by sending letters to Joe Glenton. (Aktualisiert am 06.03.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1004 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1004 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (05.03.2010) A British soldier who refused to return to duty in Afghanistan and went on to speak at anti-war rallies was today sentenced to nine months' detention in a military prison. A panel of three officers and a judge advocate, Emma Peters, conducting the court martial at Colchester in Essex, also reduced Joe Glenton's rank from lance corporal to private. (Aktualisiert am 09.03.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1005 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1005 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (03.03.2010) Anti-war groups in many countries are calling for all charges against Joe Glenton to be dropped. Joe Glenton should be released from military service immediately. On March 5, Joe Glenton faces court martial and possibly two years in jail for going AWOL (absent without leave). A Vigil and protest rally is going to be held in Frankfurt, March 4, 2010, from 4.30 to 5.30 p.m. at the British Consulate, Bockenheimer Landstr. 38. (Aktualisiert am 06.03.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=995 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=995 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (03.03.2010) Joe Glenton, the first soldier in Europe to publicly refuse to fight in Afghanistan, faces court martial on Friday 5 March. International protests in eight countries are directed at the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), demanding that the military authorities drop the charges. If convicted, Joe could be jailed for two years. (Aktualisiert am 03.03.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=994 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=994 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (11.02.2010) The Eskişehir Military Court imposed a one-month disciplinary fine on conscientious objector Enver Aydemir because of his refusal to wear prison clothes and disobedience of orders. Aydemir is not allowed for one month to see anybody else but his lawyer. (Aktualisiert am 25.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=991 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=991 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (10.02.2010) FORT HOOD, Texas - Sergeant Travis Bishop received word this week that he was given a 3 month suspension of the 12 month sentence he got last year for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan based on his Christian religious beliefs against war. Sgt. Bishop has been imprisoned at the Fort Lewis, Washington stockade since August 16, 2009. Lt. General Robert Cone, commanding general of Fort Hood approved the sentence reduction on February 4th after considering Sgt. Bishop's clemency application. (Aktualisiert am 22.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=988 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=988 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (10.02.2010) Nasyrlaev, the son of a baptised Jehovah's Witness who has not yet himself been baptised, is from the northern town of Dashoguz. He was called up in March 2009 on reaching the age of 18, Jehovah's Witnesses told Forum 18, but on three occasions refused to serve in the army because of his beliefs. A criminal case was lodged against him and he was tried on 7 December 2009 at Dashoguz City Court. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general regime labour camp. (Aktualisiert am 16.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=978 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=978 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (05.02.2010) Nonviolent activists from 32 countries denounced development-induced displacement and corporate violence at the War Resisters' International (WRI) conference held in Ahmedabad at Gujarat Vidyapith. WRI, Gujarat Vidyapith, Gujarat Sarvodaya Mandal and Sampoorna Kranti Vidyalaya have together organized the conference to investigate the links between militarism, war profiteering and the patterns of development pursued across the world today. Around 175 participants from 32 countries took part in the deliberations during the 25th WRI conference. (Aktualisiert am 09.03.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1008 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1008 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (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. (Aktualisiert am 22.01.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=386 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=386 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (22.12.2009) Rights activists in St. Petersburg say there have been numerous rights violations during the Russian Army's recruitment process this year. A representative of the organization Soldiers' Mothers of St. Petersburg told Radio Free Europe that they have received a large number of phone calls from people complaining that local military recruitment offices "are literally hunting for young men on the streets, in supermarkets, and the subway to forcibly enlist them into the army." (Aktualisiert am 17.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=954 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=954 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (16.12.2009) After completing her second prison term, Or Ben-David, of the 2009 high school seniors letter, was sentenced on 15 December to 34 more days in the military prison for women (no. 400) in Tzrifin. This is her third term in prison and the fourth time she has been tried and sentenced for her refusal to enlist. After her second prison term, Or Ben-David did not return to the induction centre for two weeks. So the new sentence of 34 days is broken down into 20 days for refusing to enlist and 14 days for her absence of two weeks. (Aktualisiert am 16.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=952 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=952 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (09.12.2009) We received news from our friends in Combattants for Peace that one of their activitsts, Idan Barir, has been imprisoned for his refusal to perform reserves service in the 1967 Occupied Territories. Idan, 29, from the Tel Aviv suburb of Givataim, has been sentenced on Monday (7 Dec.) to 14 days of incarceration, which he is now serving in Military Prison no. 6 near Atlit. (Aktualisiert am 18.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=949 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=949 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (26.11.2009) One year after André Shepherd applied for asylum in Germany he reports about his situation. (Aktualisiert am 09.03.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=937 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=937 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (19.11.2009) With a rally in front of the Ethiopian consulate about 50 demonstrators protested in Frankfurt today. Members of the Ethiopian War Resisters' Initiative (EWRI) had invited to this rally considering the beginning campaign for the election in May 2010. (Aktualisiert am 17.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=922 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=922 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (16.11.2009) After completing her first prison term, Or Ben-David, signatory of the 2009 high school seniors letter, was sentenced earlier today (16 Nov.) to 20 more days in the military prison for women. (Aktualisiert am 17.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=910 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=910 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (11.11.2009) War Resisters' International learned today that Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, who already faces charges of desertion for refusing to return to Afghanistan, has been arrested and charged with five counts of "disobeying a lawful order" for speaking at an anti-war demonstration in London on 24 October 2009, and for expressing his opposition to the war in Afghanistan to the media. War Resisters' International calls for letters of support to Joe Glenton and for letters of protest to the British authorities. (Aktualisiert am 17.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=917 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=917 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (10.11.2009) The "Ethiopian War Resisters' Initiative" (EWRI), a group of about twenty refugees, is working against war and militarization and is opposing all forms of human rights violations. The dictatorship under Meles Zenawi manipulated the election in 2005 and arrested opposition leaders and supporters as well as journalists. Again the regime is trying to hinder the election campaign of opposition parties in the next election in May 2010. Therefore EWRI call to participate at a rally Thursday, November 19, 2009, 2 p.m. in Frankfurt/M. (Aktualisiert am 17.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=903 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=903 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (05.11.2009) On 14 October 2009, the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled on a "demand of unconstitutionality" submitted by several Colombian organisations in March 2009. Suprisingly, the Court ruled that the right to conscientious objection to military service is protected under the Colombian constitution. The Court gave it as a task to the Colombian Congress to now pass a law on conscientious objection to military service. (Aktualisiert am 17.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=913 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=913 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (30.10.2009) Or Ben-David, 19, from Jerusalem, a signatory of the 2009 high school seniors letter, was sentenced yesterday to 20 days in military prison. This sentence follows a sentence of seven days of confinement to base given her a week ago (on the evening of 22 Oct). She is now held in the military prison for women (no. 400) in Tzrifin. (Aktualisiert am 17.02.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=891 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=891 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. http://www.connection-ev.de