Kriegsdienstverweigerung in Südkorea

15. Mai 2015 - CO day    (CO=Conscentious Objectors=Kriegsdienstverweigerer)

Siehe auch:  

• Petition von AI, Connection, War Resisters und World Without War
• A Life Sentence from birth
• Authorities wrecking lives by jailing co
• AI Publikation: Sentenced to Life. Conscientious Objectors in South Korea

South Korea: Conscientious objection is not a crime

Who are the conscientious objectors in South Korea?
Young men who object to military service for reasons of conscience.

South Korea: the world’s top jailer of conscientious objectors
South Korea imprisons more people for their conscientious objection than the rest of the world put together. The country has held at least 10,000 conscientious objectors in prison since 2000 for their refusal of military service, the LARGEST number in the world.