Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

JOINT PRESS RELEASE • STOP PROSECUTING TURKISH CYPRIOT CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR HASAN RAHVANCIOĞLU

«Connection e.V.», «European Bureau for Conscientious Objection» (EBCO), «International Fellowship of Reconciliation» (IFOR) and «War Resisters’ International» (WRI) strongly condemn the prosecution of conscientious objector Hasan Rahvancıoğlu, whose trial is scheduled for 27 November 2025 before the Security Forces Court in the self—declared state of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). This is a clear violation of the fundamental human right to conscientious objection to military service, and we call on the authorities in the TRNC to immediately dismiss all charges.

Belarus: persecution of conscientious objectors to military service in the country

Connection e.V. reports to the UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus

(February 2025) Connection e.V. has worked in the last weeks to prepare a detailed report on Belarus, focusing on a conscientious objection to military service perspective to inform the report of the Special Rapporteur for the 59th session of the Human Rights Council (June 2025) about the situation of human rights in Belarus, with a focus on the right to vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections and the situation of persons targeted for repression and/or deprived of their liberty for political motives.

Israeli teens jailed for refusing military service

"We must use every tool to resist"

(28.11.2024) Two Israeli teenagers were sentenced to 30 days in military prison this week for refusing mandatory conscription in protest of the war and the occupation. Iddo Elam and Soul Behar Tsalik, both 18-year-olds from Tel Aviv, became the seventh and eighth refuseniks to publicly oppose the draft for political reasons since October 7.

Προστασία των Λευκορώσων αντιρρησιών συνείδησης, Βιτάλι Ντβαριάσιν και Μικίτα Σβιρίντ

Στη Λιθουανία κινδυνεύετε με απέλαση στη Λευκορωσία!

(29.07.2024) Η Λιθουανία οφείλει να προστατεύσει τους Λευκορώσους αντιρρησίες συνείδησης και λιποτάκτες, να εξασφαλίσει επαρκή νομική προστασία και να αποτρέψει την απέλασή τους!