Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

Poland sends Ukrainians back

Excerpt from www.adnkronos.com

(06.10.2023) Poland is sending men back to Ukraine who fled the country at the start of the war and could be conscripted into the armed forces due to their age. The authorities in Warsaw have begun extraditing Ukrainian citizens liable for military service who fled the country illegally after the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022.

The authorities estimate that around 80,000 people from Ukraine are not registered. "This is a significant number for Ukraine, because these people could be mobilised and reinforce the troops on the front line," said Fyodor Venislavski, spokesman for the Ukrainian president in the Verkhovna Rada.

Digest from the Movement of Conscientious Objection Russia

October 2023

(October 2023) Hello! Artyom Klyga is with you again with the MCO digest for October 2023. Conscription in Russia started again and police have already detained men even in mosques. Organisations are afraid of receiving updated fines, and therefore they are putting their military records in order. It is a sad case law – the courts believe that the age of discharge from military service after mobilisation is 65 years old, not 50. The MCO sent its proposals and recommendations to the UN Human Rights Council for the Universal Periodic Review.

Movement of Conscientious Objectors, Russia

Newsletter May 2023

(02.07.2023) The movement of Conscientious Objectors Russia reports about forceful mobilization, conscription raids and a new law on the confiscation of international passport from conscripts.

Digest of Movement of Conscientious Objection Russia, July 2023

(July 2023) Spring-summer conscription – New laws – MCO helps conscientious objectors – MCO signed a petition