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  • 6 Jul 2011
    Cost of conscience: naval Afghanistan objector detained

    A horrific incident that happened three years ago has recently been reported in the Guardian as follows.

    On 4 March 2007 a convoy of US marines, who arrived in Afghanistan three weeks earlier, were hit by an explosives-rigged mini-van outside the city of Jalalabad.

  • 21 Dec 2010
    Why conscientious objector Michael Lyons deserves support

    It is all too easy for the state to become an idol, yet duty to humanity can sometimes outweigh obedience to the authorities, says Savi Hensman. The conscience case of atheist Michael Lyons is one that should cause Christians, among others, to think.

  • 16 Mar 2010
    Truth commission on conscience in war to meet in US

    A diverse coalition of forty religious, academic, advocacy and veterans groups will next week to host the first Truth Commission on Conscience in War, in the US.

  • 14 May 2009
    War resisters and peacemakers are still harassed, WCC study shows

    In spite of a global trend to better recognize the right to conscientious objection – which is marked with an International Day on 15 May – those who refuse military service are often discriminated against, persecuted, punished and imprisoned says a new study

  • 10 Nov 2008
    Channel 4 remembers bravery of conscientious objectors

    A programme which examines the bravery and the Christian faith of conscientious objectors, will be screened tonight on Channel 4. It is the latest episode in the series Not Forgotten, presented by Ian Hislop, which looks at the stories behind the names on First World War memorials.