Northern Cyprus 9-1-2019 The northern Cyprus Spring?

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Northern Cyprus 4-1-2019 Another disappointment in the northern part of Cyprus

As reported in EBCO's press release of 2nd January, Turkish-Cypriot conscientious objector Halil Karapaşaoğlu faced trial yesterday at the Military Court of northern

EBCO sends observer at the Military Court of Nicosia in support of Turkish-Cypriot conscientious objector Halil Karapaşaoğlu

Brussels, 2 January 2019

EBCO welcomes the Resolution on the right to conscientious objection to military service in Europe adopted by the General Assembly of the European Youth Forum

Brussels, 12 December 2018

EBCO welcomes the Resolution on the right to conscientious objection to military service in Europe which was adopted by the General Assembly of the European Youth Forum in Novi Sad, Serbia, 22-24 November 2018.

Umut Fırat Süvarioğulları has to be free, Statement of VR-DER (Turkish Conscientious Objection Association)

16 October 2018

Umut Fırat Süvarioğulları has to be free! Statement of VR-DER (Turkish Conscientious Objection Association) calling for the release of conscientious objector Umut Firat after 25 years of incarceration.

21 September - International Day of Peace Conscientious objection to military service: a tangible contribution to peace

On the occasion of the International Day of Peace on 21 September 2018, the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO) emphasizes that conscientious objection to military service is as well a basic human right as a tangible contribution to peace; it is a concrete act of rejecting war and violence, and promoting peace and universal human values.

IN FACT THIS HAPPENED TO US, 18 June 2018

150 thousand of our fellow citizens, peaceful and honest people, became outlawed today. Any time, each of them can be arrested and sentenced to imprisonment. These people did not kill, did not rape, did not steal or act brutally. They, like more than 8 million of their brethren in the world, study and preach the Bible, and try to live it. Now they are put into prison. Their fault is that they are Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Today each of them can become a political prisoner.

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Statement at UN Human Rights Council

High Commissioner    19th June 2018
I wish to address issues in two of the States named in your report – Turkey and the Russian Federation.

Investigation to Merve Arkun - Co-Chairman of the Conscientious Objection Association - Press release of 8 June 2018

An investigation has been opened to our Co-chairman Merve Arkun, by Diyarbakır Office of the Chief Prosecution, due to the activities which were held on the 15th of May, The International Day for Consencious Objectors.
We had organised two-day activities on the 15th of May in 2016, and throughout the activities; we had organised a  press release and declarations of conscientious objection in front of Tahir Elçi city forest, with the title “We Do not Let Amed to Become a Garrison Town”.

Το Ευρωπαϊκο Γραφειο για την Αντιρρηση Συνειδησης και η Αντιπολεμικη Διεθνης στηριζουν το μποϊκοταζ της Επιτροπης Ελεγχου Συνειδησης απο τους Ελληνες αντιρρησιες συνειδησης

Βρυξέλλες 29 Μαΐου 2018

European Bureau for Conscientious Objection and War Resisters’ International support Greek conscientious objectors’ boycott of the Conscience Examination Committee

Joint statement of 29 May 2018
Bearing in mind the scandalous fact that despite numerous appeals, Greek authorities have, for several decades, violated the human right of conscientious objection to military service, the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection and War Resisters’ International support the renewed call for a boycott of the Conscience Examination Committee (the special advisory committee which examines applications for conscientious objector status), which has been issued by the Association of Greek Conscientious Objectors.

Appeal to implement the jurisdiction of the ECHR in favour of Turkish conscientious objectors: Joint submission of EBCO, WRI and IFOR to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

Twelve years after the groundbreaking judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in favour of the Turkish conscientious objector Osman Murat Ülke the Turkish government continues to deny the comprehensive implementation of the mentioned ruling. Until now neither the individual nor the general legislative measures requested by the judgement have been fully executed: In November 2017 Ülke’s case has been reopened by the Prosecutor in Bilecik, and there is still no provision in Turkish law that would guarantee the human right of conscientious objection to military service.

2-1-2018 The European Bureau for Conscientious Objection about Y.V.Yaylali and Meral Geylani

Yannis-Vasilis Yaylali is a peace activist and journalist in Turkey, jailed by the Turkish government since April 22nd of 2017. He is a Turkish citizen of Greek origin born in the Bafra area of the Black Sea coast.
Mr Friedhelm Schneider from the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO) sent the statement below about Yannis-Vasilis Yaylali and Meral Geylani.

Azione nonviolenta, Novembre-Dicembre 2017, (Anno 54, n. 624) Numero monografico dedicato alle politiche estere di pace

Il 2018 sarà buono se la nonviolenza crescerà.Dai una mano con l’abbonamento

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Recul à l’échelle de l’Europe

Le Bureau européen pour l’objection de conscience (EBCO) présente son Rapport annuel 2017 sur l’objection de conscience au service militaire en Europe, à l’occasion de la Journée internationale des droits humains (10 décembre).

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