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REPORT • UN • HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN RUSSIA

The 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council is still going on. Today, Mariana Katsarova, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, presented her third report on the human rights situation in Russia since the start of the war.

EVENT «PREPARING FOR WAR? ⸻ NOT WITH ME!»

WHEN?
September 11th, Thursday
20:00

WHERE?
Waldenserhof
Langstr. 71
64546 Mörfelden—Walldorf

Lecture and discussion with Marah Frech (Antimilitarist Alliance, Frankfurt am Main), Hans—Jürgen Rojahn, and Judith Busse (both »German Peace Society — United Conscientious Objectors«, Frankfurt am Main).
The »Mörfelden—Walldorf Anti—War Initiative« invites you to an event on the "new" conscription and the question of what we can do to oppose these preparations for war. Please come and join the discussion!

Israel: Hundreds of soldiers threaten to refuse to fight in Gaza

(21.10.2024) 130 soldiers have published an open letter and are threatening to refuse to serve unless a hostage release deal is signed immediately, and in effect, a ceasefire deal that could put a stop to Israel’s assault. Many of the signatories have already declared their refusal.

’This Isn’t a Country I’ll Sacrifice My Life For’

Why 130 Israeli Soldiers Are Refusing to Serve

(09.10.2024) Physically and mentally exhausted from the war, appalled by what they see as a far-right spirit sweeping the army, and feeling anger at the abandonment of the hostages, 130 reservists and conscripts say they will no longer report for duty if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to strike a deal with Hamas