European Bureau for Conscientious Objection

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European Bureau for Conscientious Objection

35 Van Elewyck street, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

European Bureau for Conscientious Objection

35 Van Elewyck street, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

www.ebco-beoc.org / ebco@ebco-beoc.org / @ebcobeoc

You can watch conscientious objectors narrating their stories by clicking on the yellow buttons either on the map above or in the list below. 

More conscientious objectors stories to be published soon!

So far, in alphabetic order:

24 July 2023

To the attention of:
- Charles Michel, President of the European Council
- Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
- Josep Borrell, Vice President of the European Commission/High Representative

Open letter calling for action for the protection of and granting of asylum by EU Members States to Russian conscientious objectors
 

Dear President Michel,
Dear President Von der Leyen,
Dear High Representative Borrell,

7/7/2023

An appeal to the European Commission and the European Parliament about necessary measures for the international protection of Russian conscientious objectors, deserters and those who surrendered or were captured

CONSCIENCE AND PEACE TAX INTERNATIONAL

ORAL STATEMENT

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,  53^nd SESSION

ITEM 4:  INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON  BELARUS

5^th July, 2023

Delivered by Derek BRETT                                     Contact:

                                                                                    Derek BRETT

                                                                                    Main Representative to the UN, Geneva

URGENT APPEAL

To:      Lithuanian Immigration authorities

E-mail: info@migracija.gov.lt

Subject: Ivan STRASHKEVICH case, gim 1993-09-01, urgent release

4 July 2023

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Another blatant human rights violation by Russia:

labelling the Movement of Conscientious Objectors as “Foreign Agent”

30 June 2023

26/06/2023

Dear Partners,

We write with an urgent update regarding our organisation. As of last Friday, June 23rd, the Movement of Conscientious Objectors has been officially labeled as a "foreign agent" in the Russian Federation.

This action, while a demonstration of the effectiveness of our work, is fundamentally a discriminatory application of law that contradicts universally accepted human rights and freedoms.

European               War

Bureau for             Resisters'

Conscientious        International

Objection

35 Van Elewyck street, 1050 Brussels, Belgium                      5 Caledonian Road, London, N1 9DX, Britain

Join the working group No.9 on the right to conscientious objection during the Russian war in Ukraine!

“I do not know how many records were issued against me”

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Supreme Court of Ukraine releases a prisoner of conscience: conscientious objector Vitaly Alekseenko