ARMENIA JAILS CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS, DENIES RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM VIOLATION
Catholic Culture
Dec 12 2008
The government of Armenia denies that it is violating religious
freedom by jailing conscientious objectors, although all 80 men
current imprisoned under the policy are Jehovah’s Witnesses. Armenia
is ignoring a ruling by the human-rights commissioner for the
Council of Europe, who said that the country "does not provide for
a genuine civilian service" for those who object to military service
on religious grounds.
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