Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

Constitutional complaints of three conscientious objectors will be judged jointly

(17.10.2025) Constitutional Court of Ukraine decides whether the state have a right to deny in alternative service to those who can’t join the army because of beliefs, and whether it is legitimate to imprison people for holding fast to high standards of conscience. On 15 October 2025, the Second Senate of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine decided to consider constitutional complaints of Vitalii Alekseienko, Serhii Ivanushchenko, and Dmytro Zelinsky jointly in one constitutional proceeding. Previously, reasons to join the constitutional proceedings were pointed out in the amicus curiae brief submitted by the Director of the Institute of Peace and Law, Yurii Sheliazhenko, which the Court decided to add to the case file on 1st October.

Vitali Dvarashyn: The Story of how a Belarusian conscientious objector

Being caught in the millstones of two state systems in Lithuania and in Belarus

(16.07.2024) Some time ago, Lithuania claimed to be a safe democratic country, which in 2020 clearly declared its desire to save repressed Belarusians from the wrath of a mad dictator Alexander Lukashenko. But then it changed its mind. Vitali Dvarashyn is one of Belarusian conscientious objector to military service whom Lithuania decided to persecute and continues to hound, and it’s unclear how it will all end.

Resisting war and apartheid from within the Green Line to the West Bank & Gaza

Newsletter of the Refuser Solidarity Network (RSN)

(14.07.2024) Hey, "A queer Palestinian asylum seeker from the West Bank is out on the streets, can anyone help?" This was the text I received early on an October morning, two weeks into Israel’s assault on Gaza. My name is Tal, the new international solidarity coordinator at Refuser Solidarity Network. I would like to share how I found my way to RSN and how you can support us by following our page Voices Against War on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to stay up to date with Israelis resisting war and apartheid. Share it with your community to help us to amplify their voices.

Testimony of Conscientious Objector Kenan Kahya: Conscientious Objection is a Human Right!

Interview Series Part l

(15.05.2024) On the International Day of Conscientious Objection, we’re starting to share the testimonies of the conscientious objectors from Turkey. In the first of the interview series, you’ll hear the testimonies of conscientious objector Kenan Kahya. Kenan Kahya, who declared his conscientious objection in 2017, faces many restrictions and violations, from the violation of his right to work to the restriction of his freedom of travel, because he refuses compulsory military service.