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 01.04.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=592 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=592 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (28.07.2010) British soldier Joe Glenton, who was released from prison some days ago, spoke at a packed anti-war meeting in London yesterday. It was his first public appearance after his imprisonment. He demanded to bring back the troops from Afghanistan and added: "I consider it a badge of honor to have resisted and to continue to resist. I've learnt that the real enemy is not the man in front of you you're pointing your rifle at, but the men directly behind you and above you telling you to pull the trigger." Joe Glenton was released on July 12th after serving a prison term for refusing to return to Afghanistan. (Aktualisiert am 28.07.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1117 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1117 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (16.07.2010) War Resisters' International has been informed today by its Israeli affiliate New Profile about the repeated imprisonment of conscientious objector Shir Regev. Shir Regev, 20, from the village of Tuval in the North of Israel, an anarchist and anti-Occupation activist, has began serving his third prison term (34 days) on 14 July 2010. (Aktualisiert am 28.07.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1115 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1115 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (08.07.2010) On 30 June 2010, conscientious objector Armen Mirzoyan was sentenced to one year imprisonment for "refusal to perform military duties", Forum 18 News reported on 1 July. He was sentenced at Hadrut District Court in the south of Nagorno-Karabakh, an internationally unrecognised entity in the south Caucasus. (Aktualisiert am 29.07.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1124 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1124 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (06.07.2010) Toronto - This afternoon the Federal Court of Appeal issued its unanimous judgment that an immigration officer's decision rejecting Jeremy Hinzman's application for permanent residence in Canada was "significantly flawed" and "unreasonable." The Federal Court of Appeal decided that the Federal Court erred in a June 2, 2009 ruling by dismissing the application by U.S. Iraq war resister Jeremy Hinzman for judicial review of a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) Officer's humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) grounds decision. (Aktualisiert am 29.07.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1119 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1119 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (21.06.2010) On 17 June 2010 human rights defender Halil Savda and three other activists were convicted under Article 318 of the Turkish Penal Code which criminalises 'alienating the public from military service'. The case was opened against them following their attendance at a public demonstration on 6 January 2010 in support of conscientious objector and Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, Enver Aydemir, who had been in military detention since 24 December 2009 for refusing to perform military service. (Aktualisiert am 22.06.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1112 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1112 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (14.06.2010) CO Diane Kogan, 18, of the Tel-Aviv suburb of Bat Yam, was sentenced yesterday (13 June) to 25 days of imprisonment for her refusal to enlist, and was transfered today (14 June) to Military Prison No. 400 in Tzrifin. This is in fact the second time Diane is being sent to prison and the sixth time she is being sentenced for her conscientious objection. (Aktualisiert am 11.07.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1098 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1098 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (10.06.2010) Conscientious objector Aydemir was released upon an "incapability report". His lawyer criticized that the legislation lacks provisions on conscientious objection. Turkey is one of three countries of the European Council that does not recognize the right to conscientious objection. (Aktualisiert am 29.07.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1093 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1093 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (31.05.2010) Burmese army soldiers (Mynmar - the ed.) killed a 15-year-old boy who refused to be enlisted, according to a leading labor activist. Aye Myint, of the "Guiding Star" labor rights group, told exile media on Monday that troops of Infantry Battalion No. 586, based in Pegu Division, captured two boys they found fishing at night in a paddy field. The two boys resisted demands to join the battalion. One, identified as Tin Min Naing, was shot and then killed with a pitchfork as he tried to flee. The soldiers released the second boy, Kyaw Win Aung, who was given refuge at a temple. (Aktualisiert am 11.06.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1095 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1095 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (31.05.2010) War Resisters' International - an international pacifist network with more than 80 affiliates in more than 40 countries - condemns the murderous Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza and calls for an immediate lifting of the blockade on Gaza. (Aktualisiert am 28.07.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1090 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1090 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (31.05.2010) More than 2000 people, old and young, gathered opposite the Ministry of Defense in Tel-Aviv in a spontaneous demonstration of anger and protest, after soldiers of the "most elite units" of the IDF were sent to attack the Peace Flotilla that was on its way to Gaza. The number of killed and injured from among the peace activists on the boats proved that the aim of the action was to frighten and deter anyone who would undertake to break the blockade in future. (Aktualisiert am 05.06.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1089 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1089 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (20.05.2010) The Swedish parliament - the Riksdagen - yesterday formalized the abolishment of compulsary military service in the country. From July this year, the recruitment of new soldiers will be based exclusively on applications from the people interested, Swedish Radio reports. (Aktualisiert am 25.05.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1084 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1084 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (15.05.2010) On World Conscientious Objection Day EBCO board held its annual meeting in Barcelona and supported a series of activities organised by EBCO's Catalan member organisation, Moviment per la Pau (Movement for Peace), to commemorate the anniversary of 10 YEARS WITHOUT MILITARY SERVICE IN SPAIN AND 25 YEARS OF THE MOVIMENT FOR PEACE, a key actor in this process. The representatives of conscientious objectors in Europe were received by the President of the Catalan Parliament Mr. Ernest Benach and held a one day conference in the Open University in Barcelona. (Aktualisiert am 20.05.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1079 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1079 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (09.05.2010) 65 years since the end of World War II. The wars and the occupations continue. The war expenditure is too high. In the 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, humanity is not even close to peace, since dozens of wars are taking place across the planet, and arms sales worldwide increased by 21% over the last five years. While the frugal measures of the government, the International Monetary Fund and the European Union take nightmarish dimensions, condemning millions of people, especially us women, to poverty, unemployment, exclusion and constant stress; at the very same moment of this greatest crisis, small Greece has a grievous record in Europe: it is first in military spending! (Aktualisiert am 02.07.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1081 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1081 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (02.05.2010) On 21 April about 30 women and men took part in a picket (called by the Stop the War Coalition) in front of the Royal Courts in London to support Joe Glenton who was appealing his nine-month sentence. Payday distributed a leaflet. Covering the event were: BBC Arabic & Persian services and Iranian TV which interviewed the demonstrators. (Aktualisiert am 10.05.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1068 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1068 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (23.04.2010) According to information forwarded by the British organisation Payday, the High Court in London refused the appeal lodged by British Afghanistan war refusenik Joe Glenton and confirmed the sentence of nine months for having gone AWOL. Connection e.V., Iraq Veterans Against the War Europe, DFG-VK Hesse and Payday see the sentence as a measure to prevent other soldiers from speaking out their opposition to the war in Afghanistan. Rudi Friedrich of the network for conscientious objectors Connection e.V. said today, "According to figures published by the British ministry of war, more than 17,000 British soldiers have gone AWOL since 2003. They have clearly voted with their feet: Against the highly controversial war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan." Chris Capps, spokesman of IVAW Europe, added: "They picked out Joe Glenton because he spoke out what so many soldiers are thinking. The politicians who instigated the war should be in the dock, not people who refuse it." (Aktualisiert am 10.06.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1064 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1064 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (10.04.2010) The past three months have been very busy. I have spent the time doing more research for my case, as well as integrating into the German Culture. I have also started to write a book about my experiences, with the hope that one day it will be used to help other people in a similar situation. Again I must thank each and every one of you for your love and support. If there are those out there who have heard about my case and would like to make a donation, please do so here. (Aktualisiert am 29.07.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1048 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1048 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (01.04.2010) War Resisters' International learned today that Turkish conscientious objector Enver Aydemir has been sentenced to ten months imprisonment by an Eskişehir court on Tuesday, on charges of desertion. Given the time he had already spent in prison, he was then formally released, but is now being taken to the Bilecik 2nd Gendarmerie Private Education Unit, where he will be ordered again to complete his military service. If he refuses, he will again be arrested and transferred to Eskişehir military prison, to await a new trial on charges of disobeying orders - the begin of a vicious cycle. (Aktualisiert am 10.06.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1046 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1046 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (31.03.2010) Afghanistan war resister Travis Bishop was finally released from the brig at Fort Lewis last week. Travis originally was sentenced to 12 months in prison in a court-martial at Fort Hood, Texas for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan for reasons of conscience. He later received a 3 month reduction in sentence due to a successful clemency application to the Commanding General at Fort Hood, as well as receiving extra time off for good behavior. He served a total of 7 months and 12 days of confinement, as well as a reduction of rank from Sergeant to Private and a pending Bad Conduct Discharge. (Aktualisiert am 22.04.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1062 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1062 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. (30.03.2010) On Tuesday, March 9, 2010, the Berkeley (California) City Council passed Resolution No. 64,803 N.S. recommending "Universal and Unconditional Amnesty for Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan War Military Resisters and Veterans Who Acted In Opposition to the War for Matters of Conscience." (Aktualisiert am 16.04.2010) http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1056 http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1056 Connection e.V., Offenbach/M. http://www.connection-ev.de