Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

WEBINAR • EUROPE IS REARMING ONCE AGAIN: IS OUR RIGHT TO CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION AT RISK?

WHEN?
9 December 2025, Tuesday
17:30 CET

LINK?
us02web.zoom.us

«Connection e.V.», together with «Pax Christi International», WRI, QCEA and «Un Ponte Per», is organising a thematic webinar to shed light on how civil society is mobilising against the militarisation of Europe and, in particular, supporting the right to conscientious objection.

REPORT • CONNECTION e.V. ON TOUR THROUGH AUSTRIA AND GERMANY!

At the end of October, «Connection e.V.» carried out an intensive tour through Austria and Germany. Thanks to the support of our colleagues, we were able to organise events in a total of eight cities.

PRESS RELEASE • EASING OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS IN UKRAINE

Söder and Linnemann Call for Actions Contrary to International Law

When Russia launched its attack, the Ukrainian government imposed an exit ban on all men between the ages of 18 and 60. Since then, leaving the country has only been possible with special permission. This constitutes a violation of the human right to freedom of movement. Since the end of August 2025, men aged 18 to 22 have been allowed to leave the country, and many are taking advantage of this opportunity ⸻ presumably including a large number of conscientious objectors.

Supreme Court disrupts Ukraine’s accession to EU by repressions for faith and pacifism

(27.10.2025) In the midst of an international scandal around the imprisonment and torture of conscientious objectors, the judges showed a little mercy to Vitalii Kryushenko without due acquittal, but did not even mention it on the court’s website, as the policy of repression for faith seems to remain unchanged. The Joint Chamber of the Cassation Criminal Court of the Supreme Court denied a cassation complaint against the sentence to a prisoner of conscience Vitaliy Kryushenko, but suspended the sentence and released him from prison with one-year probationary term.