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Tolstoy said...

"Continental powers without a murmur submitted to the introduction of a military service, that is, to the slavery, which for the degree of degradation and loss of will cannot be compared with any of the ancient conditions of slavery". - Leo Tolstoy (Patriotism and Government, 1905)

Thursday, December 29, 2011

"Our New-Born Babies did not Wear Uniforms"

The fourth hearing of the "Everybody is born as a baby" trial against Savda, Aydemir and Atak, supporters of conscientious objector Aydemir, was held on 14 December. The defendants' request to consult a gynaecologist on the topic was dismissed.
Ekin KARACA, Eskişehir - BİA News Center, 16 December 2011, Friday
 
Defendants Ahmet Aydemir, father of Enver Aydemir, lawyer Davut Erkan, Halil Savda and Mehmet Atak stand accused of "alienating the public from military service" pursuant to Article 318 of the Turkish Criminal Law (TCK). They are being prosecuted on the grounds of a press release issued on 21 January 2011 in support of conscientious objector Enver Aydemir subsequent to one of his hearings.
The sentence "Everybody is born as a baby, nobody is born as a soldier" was part of the press release and is the bone of contention of the trial.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

“Türkiye vicdani ret hakkına hala saygı duymuyor”

Uluslararası Af Örgütü
Basın Açıklaması - 19/12/2011

 “Türkiye vicdani ret hakkına hâlâ saygı duymuyor”
Türkiye, 28 Kasım ila 2 Aralık tarihleri arasında Avrupa Konseyi’nde düzenlenen Bakanlar Komitesi’nin son insan hakları toplantısında, vicdani retçilerin haklarına dair 2006’da verilen Avrupa Mahkemesi kararını uygulama konusunda talep edilen gelişme raporunu sunma konusunda başarısız oldu.
Son dönemde, çeşitli devlet bakanları zorunlu askerlik hizmetine dair yenilikler konusunda halka açıklamalar yaptı. Fakat bu açıklamalar yeniliklerin vicdani ret hakkını tanıyan yasal hükümleri kapsamayacak nitelikte olduğunun da sinyallerini veriyor.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Asker Mektubu - Gündüz Vassaf

Martin Luther King said...

“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.” - Martin Luther King