SEOUL, South Korea — Fifty-eight young men who had been imprisoned for refusing to serve in South Korea’s military were released from prisons across the country Friday, after a landmark court ruling ...

At the end of Conscientious Objection Week, 14 people declared their conscientious objections following the march from Tünel to Taksim Square. At the end of Conscientious Objection Week, conscientious ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The concept of conscientious objection dates back centuries and is rooted in the principle that individuals should not be forced to act against their deeply held moral or religious ...

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Conscientious objection to military service does not necessarily constitute an obstacle to criminal extradition proceedings, Germany's top court ruled on Wednesday. According to the Federal Court of ...

Do you enjoy playing violent video games? Then you can’t avoid military service. That appears to be the message South Korea is sending conscientious objectors. Prosecutors said they were investigating ...

Amnesty International on Friday condemned Thailand’s charges against activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, who is facing trial on September 9 for refusing military conscription ...

When he was the mayor of Burlington, a congressman, and even after he became a U.S. Senator, this tidbit didn’t lead to any raised eyebrows: Bernie Sanders applied for conscientious objector status ...

The former Article 155, with which militarists presented pacificists, democrats, liberals and humanists in Turkey in the past, has been turned into Article 318. The essence is the same. Article 318 of ...

This past semester, pro-Palestine protests erupted on college campuses across the United States. University administrators faced institutional turmoil, attempting to appease alums, donors, and ...

Moral injury can occur when someone must act against their values -- but also when they cannot act in line with their values. Fly View Productions/E+ via Getty Images When we think about harm, we ...

Now that Facebook's a big nasty corporation, it's not only attracted a lot of bad press, it's inspired more direct action. In the run-up to the IPO and its messy aftermath we've read a few ...