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• d of civil and political rights in 1994, mainly on account of their faith-based refusal of military service.(13) The government does not recognize the right to conscientious objection. Three Jehovah's Witnesses have been detained since 1994 for this reason. The government appeared, however, to have informally tolerated worship by the Jehovah's Witnesses in members' homes for some years, perhaps in

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• such convictions are proved genuine and they are not taken into account by the authorities in requiring the applicant to perform military service. Moreover, conscientious objection itself may be regarded as a form of political opinion, 83 and conscientious objectors, or some particular class of them, could constitute a pa rticular social group. 84 While a State has a justifiable interest in

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• Amnesty International is also calling for the recognition of the right to conscientious objection to military service, and for an end to all torture or ill-treatment of prisoners, including the military punishment known as "the helicopter". In this form of torture used against deserters, conscription evaders and army offenders, victims are tied up, with hands and feet bound behind their backs, and

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• No right to conscientious objection Amnesty International takes no position as regards national military service but supports international standards which require that any government, such as Eritrea, which requires compulsory military service should recognize the right to conscientious objection to military service for reasons of individual’s religion (as with Jehovah's Witnesses) or as a matte

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• o enforce conscription laws may not be a violation of human rights. However, the way this is done in Eritrea—the violent methods used, the lack of any right to conscientious objection, and the lack of any mechanism to enable a challenge to the arbitrary enforcement of conscription constitutes abuse. Furthermore, although national service and conscription at times of genuine national emergency may

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• us persecution. It also anal yzes abuses related to the practice of indefinite conscription into national and military service, the lack of any provision for conscientious objection, and the risks facing refug ees even after they flee.” The document updates the 2004 AI report ‘ the Annex at the end of the document adds fresh information to this report’s section on known places of detentio

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• d of civil and political rights in 1994, mainly on account of their faith-based refusal of military service.(13) The government does not recognize the right to conscientious objection. Three Jehovah's Witnesses have been detained since 1994 for this reason. The government appeared, however, to have informally tolerated worship by the Jehovah's Witnesses in members' homes for some years, perhaps in

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• It goes without saying that Eritrea does not recognise the right to conscientious objection. Some Eritrean Jehovah's Witnesses have been imprisoned since 1994 for their refusal to perform military service, and more arrests took place in recent years.

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• At least 22 Jehovah’s Witnesses were reportedly arrested, bringing the number of those detained due to conscientious objection and religious activities to at least 61.

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• s, then the Soviets. They come from a nation where all able bodied citizens aged between 18 and 40 are soldiers and forced military conscripts. The right to conscientious objection to military service is not recognized. National service has been extended indefinitely by administrative decision, conscription accelerated and military training shortened. Their government has unleashed a crackdo

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• reported to have died in the summer of 2007 at the Wia military training camp near the Red Sea coast from intense heat, malnutrition, and lack of medical care. Conscientious objection is not recognized. Refugee agencies report that approximately 120 young men fleeing conscription arrived in Sudan each week in 2006 and 2007 and that another 400 to 500 reach Ethiopia monthly, even though border gua

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• isoners -  51  - ArMeniA Armenia has, as a member of the Council of Europe, several times espoused the objective of bringing its practices in the matter of conscientious objection into compliance with decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and with recommendations of the Council’s Venice Commission for Democracy through Law. It has not yet done so, and the Armenian government’s

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• ary service, a further 12 months development service and military reserve obligations, for all men and women aged between 18 and 40. There is no recognition of conscientious objection. Former EPLF fighters can be recalled for service at any time, and those who have completed national service can also be recalled for reserve duties. During and since the war with Ethiopia, the military service of co

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• final year students of Halhale College are detained, and Semere Zaid, a university lecturer in agriculture, is in prison for the second time.(16) No right to conscientious objection Amnesty International takes no position as regards national military service but supports international standards which require that any government, such as Eritrea, which requires compulsory military service should

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• rials without further delay; secret detention, torture and "disappearances" must stop; and national service regulations should be revised to allow the right to conscientious objection."

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• avel to and for how long (usually one month maximum). We do not know whether leave papers are issued in a printed standard format or are handwritten.” [10a] CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION 9.39 The War Resisters‟ International World survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service (Eritrea section, June 2009 update), stated that “the right to conscientious objection is not rec

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• final year students of Halhale College are detained, and Semere Zaid, a university lecturer in agriculture, is in prison for the second time.(16) No right to conscientious objection Amnesty International takes no position as regards national military service but supports international standards which require that any government, such as Eritrea, which requires compulsory military service should

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• or how long (usually one month maximum). We do not know whether leave papers are issued in a printed standard format or are handwritten.” [10e] CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION 9.30 An Amnesty International press release, dated 13 June 2008, stated that there is “no limit on [the] length of [national] service. There is no exemption for conscientious objectors, and no alternative

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• Amnesty International is also calling for the recognition of the right to conscientious objection to military service, and for an end to all torture or ill-treatment of prisoners, including the military punishment known as "the helicopter". In this form of torture used against deserters, conscription evaders and army offenders, victims are tied up, with hands and feet bound behind their backs, and

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• JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES CURRENTLY IN PRISON — NOVEMBER 2014 NAME AGE GENDER LOCATION TERM / RELEASE REASON Eyassu, Paulos 41 Male Sawa Camp Arrested 1994/09/24‡ Conscientious objection Mogos, Isaac 38 Male Sawa Camp Arrested 1994/09/24‡ Conscientious objection Teklemariam, Negede 38 Male Sawa Camp Arrested 1994/09/24‡ Conscientious objection Abraha, Aron 38 Male Sawa Camp Arrested 2001/05/09‡ Co

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• Conscientious objection to the military service is not recognized by law. Refusing to partake in the military is punishable by torture, prolonged imprisonment and striping of one’s citizenship rights. The fate of members of Jehovah Witness is a case in point.

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• However, specifically referring to conscientious objection to military duties, Directive 144 entitled " Pacifism" states that

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• ictions on these rights in contravention of international standards of freedom of expression should be amended; · The government should recognize the right to conscientious objection to national military service and should provide an alternative to military service: the civil and political rights of members of the Jehovah's Witness sect which were removed on account of the sect's opposition to na

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• small community of Jehova’s Witnesses in Eritrea, who refuse military service because of their religious convictions. Eritrea does not recognized the right to conscientious objection. Some Jehova’s Witnesses have been imprisoned for fifteen years now, without ever having been put on trial.23

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• rean refugee camps in eastern Sudan and in the Shimelba camp of Tigray in Ethiopia, dozens of former military conscripts and national service 256The right to conscientious objection to military service is not unequivocally supported by international law. Amnesty International argues that the right to conscientious objection is inherent in the rights to freedom of opinion and belief set out in

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• ious persecution. It also analyzes abuses related to the practice of indefinite conscription into national and military service, the lack of any provision for conscientious objection, and the risks facing refugees even after they flee. During the first few years of independence the outlook was not so bleak. Independent media flourished, the army began demobilizing some of those who had fough

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• ary service, a further 12 months development service and military reserve obligations, for all men and women aged between 18 and 40. There is no recognition of conscientious objection. Former EPLF fighters can be recalled for service at any time, and those who have completed national service can also be recalled for reserve duties. During and since the war with Ethiopia, the military service of co

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• ea even since the Ethiopian war ended in 2000, and all Eritrean men and women aged 18 to 40 are liable to military service, with no recognition of the right to conscientious objection. Hundreds of people are reported to have fled Eritrea in recent months to avoid or escape from military service. Those caught are reportedly arrested; tortured by beatings and being tied up for hours with their arms

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• The internationally recognized right of conscientious objection was denied. This applied particularly to Jehovah's Witnesses who refused military service (though not development service) on faith grounds.

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• information as at 14 February 2011. Further brief information on recent events and reports has been provided in the Latest News section to 15 April 2011. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION 9.38 The War Resisters’ International World survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service (Eritrea section, June 2009 updat e), stated that “the right to conscientious objection is not re

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• TCH | SEPTEMBER 2011 military for 12 months, after six months of training.99 The law is not objectionable on its face, except for making no accommodation for conscientious objection (discussed below). National service, one scholar has noted, was designed to inculcate the social values generated by the long war for independence and to “maintain … the high level of vigilance and sense of insecu

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• ary service, a further 12 months development service and military reserve obligations, for all men and women aged between 18 and 40. There is no recognition of conscientious objection. Former EPLF fighters can be recalled for service at any time, and those who have completed national service can also be recalled for reserve duties. During and since the war with Ethiopia, the military service of co

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• ea even since the Ethiopian war ended in 2000, and all Eritrean men and women aged 18 to 40 are liable to military service, with no recognition of the right to conscientious objection. Hundreds of people are reported to have fled Eritrea in recent months to avoid or escape from military service. Those caught are reportedly arrested; tortured by beatings and being tied up for hours with their arms

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• eligious beliefs. Some were arrested while attending Christian meetings, others while they were sharing their faith with others in public, and still others for conscientious objection to military service. Three imprisoned Witnesses are 60 years old or older. Two women are currently incarcerated.

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• bouti to the southeast, and the Red Sea to the east. As of September 2009, 60 Eritrean Jehovah’s Witnesses were known to be imprisoned for reasons ranging from conscientious objection to military service, to participation in religious activity such as preaching, to meeting in a Bible study group. More than half of the arrests have had nothing to do with participation in military service. Three of

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• Due to their beliefs on conscientious objection to military service, the requirement of a military training component for secondary school graduation without a non-military alternative service option effectively denies educational and employment opportunities to young Jehovah’s Witnesses, causing many to flee the country. Some children of Jehovah’s Witnesses have been expelled from school because

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