Ukraine: „Diese Männer zittern am ganzen Körper, können überhaupt nicht mehr schießen“
Interview mit Rudi Friedrich zu ukrainischen Kriegsdienstverweigerern (Die Welt)
(05.01.2024) Die Ukraine will Hunderttausende geflüchtete Männer in den Krieg gegen Russland schicken. Rudi Friedrich setzt sich für Kriegsdienstverweigerer ein und berichtet von einem stark steigenden Druck auf diese Gruppe. Zunehmend flüchteten auch Soldaten, die vom Einsatz schwer traumatisiert seien.
Ukraine blatantly violates the human rights of peace activists and conscientious objectors
(29.12.2023) The European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO), War Resisters’ International (WRI), the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), and Connection e.V. (Germany) express their deep disappointment and grave concerns about the continuing harassment of peace activists and conscientious objectors, including arbitrary prosecutions and unfair judgments, as well as the inappropriate provisions of the new mobilization bill No 10378 of 25.12.2023 proposed by the Ukrainian army. All charges against peace activists and conscientious objectors should be dropped, and those in prison should be released immediately and unconditionally, given that they are clearly prisoners of conscience. Moreover, the new bill about conscription should include provisions for the full recognition of the right to conscientious objection to military service.
