Action to International Day of Conscientious Objection 2020 

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Nuri Silay

Nuri Silay, Cyprus: Wherever in the world we call everyone to refuse to be part of the military

Video on YouTube channel Refuse to Kill

(15.05.2020) As with the Covid-19 pandemic humanity is facing a serious health crisis, it reveals that the money allocated to armament causes more people to die from the pandemic, to remain unemployed, without an income, precarious and without housing.

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Lewis M. Randa

Lewis M. Randa, U.S.: Conscientious objection is a code word for love, for sanity, for being human

Video on YouTube channel Refuse to Kill

(15.05.2020) My name is Lewis M. Randa. I live outside of Boston and I’m a conscientious objector. As I approach the 50th anniversary of my discharge from the military during the Vietnam war in 1971 I realized how profoundly instrumental the conscientious objection has been in the course of my life. Say No to war and violence has been so foundational to my thinking

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Helen Kidan

Helen Kidan, Eritrea/United Kingdom: People are fleeing indefinite military service in Eritrea

Video on YouTube channel Refuse to Kill

(15.05.2020) Helen Kidan from the Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR) describes the situation in Eritrea where people from ages of 18 to 40 are forcibly conscripted into the military and have no right to object.

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World Without War

World Without War, South Korea: Active Resistance to War

Video on YouTube channel Refuse to Kill

(15.05.2020) We believe that protecting people who decided not to take part in the military is a way of active resistance to war. In our skit, we co-ruminate on and show how we can raise our voice against war together with the refugees and transgenders. You can watch the full video on the YouTube channel of World Without War: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT9AMEN0CmkfrYjmaXQ1bew

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