Colombian Conscientious Objectors Celebrate Ruling: On 10 September 2010, Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled that conscientious objectors may now be exempt from compulsory military service if their objections are found to be “deep, fixed and sincere.” The 111-page decision says that conscientious objection should be judged on a case-by-case basis and that current legislation prohibiting conscientious objection violates this inalienable right and must be reformed.
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Human Rights observer arrested for support of Palestine
He was Alexis Grigoropoulos, Zak Kostopoulos, Christos Michalopoulos, Ebuka Mamasubek, Babacar Ndiaye, and Katerina Goulioni, but also Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Mark Duggan, Chris Kaba, and Ibrahima Bah!
On 24 and 25 September 2024, Aegean Migrant Solidarity (AMS), the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN), the European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH),