Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

Connection e.V. participates in WRI International Gathering in Barcelona

16.12.2025 • A delegation of «Connection e.V» ⸻ the full team composed of Artem, Nina and Zaira, together with the president Franz ⸻ has travelled to Barcelona at the end of November to join the 4—days meeting organized by WRI to strategize on «Resisting war, Building Peace».

CALL FOR DONATIONS TO SUCCESSFULLY CONTINUE OUR WORK IN THE YEAR AHEAD

REPORT AND OUTLOOK ON THE YEARS 2025/26

04.12.2025 • Slowly but surely, the year is coming to an end. It is time to look back on the past year and preview our upcoming projects in 2026. We hope that you will continue to support us to defend the right to conscientious objection in Germany and worldwide. Since «Connection e.V.» is funded exclusively by individual donations we are able to work in an independent manner. We would like to continue this work in the coming year. Thank you very much for your support!

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.

«CONNECTION e.V.» ON TOUR ⸻ DAY 1

On Monday, October 20th, 2025, a public event took place in Vienna with Sasza Belik and Artem Klyga. It was dedicated to the topic of deserters and conscientious objectors from Russia, as well as the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine on Europe.