✊On International Conscientious Objection Day, we stand with those who refuse violence, militarisation, and conscription. 📢The right to refuse to kill must be guaranteed everywhere.
New publication: Voices of Peace
Voices of Peace brings together testimonies of conscientious objectors from across Europe and beyond - sharing stories of refusal, resistance, and solidarity in times of growing militarisation.
Read it here: wri-irg.org/en/story/202...
✊We reject militarisation and stand for the right to refuse to kill. Conscription is increasing. PEOPLE ARE RESISTING.📢Join us this May 15 for International Conscientious Objection Day. wri-irg.org/en/story/202...
Drones, drones, drones... Drones are changing the battlefield forever - find out how and why in the latest article on The Broken Rifle blog, from Dutch organisation Stop Wapenhandel: wri-irg.org/en/story/202...
What does it mean to refuse participation in war today? Join us for an online discussion on militarisation, conscription, and conscientious objection to military service - with activists from Turkey and Israel (19th May, 5pm UK, 6pm CEST). Register here: wri-irg.org/en/event/202...
A new report by New Profile, titled "Academia under Command: Militarism in Israeli Academia", details extensive collaboration between academic institutions, the military, arms industry, the Israel Security Agency, and Mossad in #Israel: wri-irg.org/en/story/202...
What does it mean to refuse participation in war today? Join us today for an online discussion on militarisation, conscription, and conscientious objection to military service - with activists from Turkey and Israel (19th May, 5pm UK, 6pm CEST).
Register here: wri-irg.org/en/event/202...
Applications for conscientious‑objector status are surging among #US military members. More and more US military members are questioning war and refusing participation.
Mike Prysner from Center on Conscience & War explains growing dissent from within the ranks. www.dw.com/en/more-and-...
Read this article on how fossil fuels fuel genocide 👇🏽
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📜 Launching 'Voices of Peace: Stories of Conscientious Objectors from Europe & Beyond'!
🗨️ Read stories from people who refused war!
🤝 A collaboration by @qcea.bsky.social, Connection e.V., @warresistersint.bsky.social & Agir pour la Paix
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This week, the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels is taking place in Santa Marta, Colombia. In this new article on the Broken Rifle blog, Ana Sánchez Mera explains why this is as important to antimilitarists as the climate movement.
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The ancestral custodians of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, call their territory the heart of the world. This week the city of Santa Marta hosts the First International Conference on Transitioning A...
Drones are changing the nature of war and our thinking about safety and security. The technical developments are moving incredibly fast and they pose fundamental questions.
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“Increased defense spending, the normalization of rearmament policies, and the consolidation of security-driven political narratives are progressively narrowing the space for the exercise and protecti...
On May 15th, International Conscientious Objection Day, we join together to send a clear and powerful message: we reject militarisation and affirm the right to refuse to kill, in response to growing e...
“Increased defense spending, the normalization of rearmament policies, and the consolidation of security-driven political narratives are progressively narrowing the space for the exercise and protecti...
Since the start of the war in Iran, there's been a surge in numbers of US service personnel filing as conscientious objectors. Many military members are unaware of their rights.