Here you can find English articles of the German edition of newsletter "CO in War" September 2009. It includes information about antimilitaristic work, recruitment, conscientious objection and asylum to USA, Germany, Great Britain, Eritrea, Angola and Honduras.

André Shepherd joined the U.S. Army in 2004 and after six months' training was stationed in Iraq as a mechanic for Apache helicopters. When he returned to his unit in Katterbach (Bavaria), he began intensively researching, trying to come to terms with what the U.S. military was doing to the civilian population in Iraq. André Shepherd applied in November 2008 for asylum in Germany. The Federal Office for Migration has not yet issued a decision, which could take several more months. Shepherd stated his reasons for pursuing asylum in a hearing in the beginning of February 2009. It could be ordered free of charge.

André Shepherd needs political and financial support. The folder is giving some ideas.

In autumn 2004, the Germany based Eritrean Antimilitarist Initiative and Connection e.V. published a documentation on conscientious objection and desertion in Eritrea. The core of this documentation, interviews with refugees from Eritrea, who managed to escape from violence and war, and who now face the European Unions anti-asylum policy, give a very moving impression of the plight of young Eritreans, male and female, who grow up in an extremely militarised environment.