Vigil to remember conscientious objectors to be held in May

Vigil to remember conscientious objectors to be held in May

Carlisle Quakers will hold a vigil to remember conscientious objectors at Hardwick Circus in Carlisle in May.

UKRAINE: How should government deal with conscientious objectors in wartime?

The declaration of martial law after Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 cancelled the limited right to alternative service in peacetime. Hundreds of conscientious objectors to mobilisation – on religious and non-religious grounds - have been detained, forced into the army, held illegally (often for months) on military bases, or criminally prosecuted. Requested by Ukraine's Constitutional Court, a Venice Commission brief reaffirmed states' ob…