Matching entries matching 'court' from PSPD

  1. 2004/05/22 Not Guilty for Conscience Objection
  2. 2002/08/24 Conscientious Objectors against Military Service in Korea (2)
  3. 2002/01/31 Naripokkho (Women Activists Group in Bangladesh)
  4. 2001/09/17 Statement on the U.S. Government's Declaration to Attack Afghanistan
  5. 2001/04/03 The Seventh PSPD General Assembly
  6. 2001/04/03 Report on Truth & Reconciliation
  7. 2001/04/03 The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on J
  8. 2000/07/31 The Massacre in Cheju Island Revisited

Not Guilty for Conscience Objection

Activities/Press Room : 2004/05/22 00:00
A court has found young men not guilty for conscientious objection to military conscription. Judge Yi Jeong Ryeol of the Seoul Southern District Court found three Jehovah's Witnesses not guilty of violating laws on military conscription, judging that "the decision to refuse military service was made entirely on the basis of conscience, and when th...
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Conscientious Objectors against Military Service in Korea

Archives/ASQ : 2002/08/24 00:00
It has been only a year since sincere discussion on the conscientious objection to military service began in Korea. Hankyoreh 21, a progressive weekly magazine, published a one-page article on February 7, 2001, saying that currently over sisteen hundred conscientious objectors -- all of them were Jehovah's Witnesses -- were in prison. This news was a shoc...
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Naripokkho (Women Activists Group in Bangladesh)

Archives/ASQ : 2002/01/31 00:00
Naripokkho A leading women activists group in Bangladesh 1. BACKGROUND Naripokkho is a membership-based women`s activist organisation founded in 1983, working for the advancement of women`s rights and entitlements and building resistance against violence, discrimination and injustice. Naripokkho`s activities include advocacy cam...
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Statement on the U.S. Government's Declaration to Attack Afghanistan

Activities/Press Room : 2001/09/17 00:00
1. People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) expresses extreme anger and apprehension upon the horrible attack, deaths and injuries took place in New York and Washington, D.C. on September 11. We wish to extend our sincere condolences and support to the families of those who have been killed or injured. Nothing can justify violence on...
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The Seventh PSPD General Assembly

Archives/ASQ : 2001/04/03 00:00
My Participation Changes the WorldOn the 10th of February, 2001, the seventh PSPD General Assembly was held in Millennium Hall at Sungkyunkwan University. A reorganization was inevitable because some board members were not able to support and participate actively any longer, and because the number of members and staff of the PSPD has drastically increased...
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Report on Truth & Reconciliation

Archives/ASQ : 2001/04/03 00:00
I regard myself as very fortunate to have lived as a South African in the second half of the 20th-century. Where else could one have experienced all the basic human frailties and strength on such a grand scale? For every Verwoerd we had a Luthuli. For every Vorster we had a Sisulu. For every Botha we had a Tambo. And as a bonus the C...
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The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on J

Archives/ASQ : 2001/04/03 00:00
In the early 1990s, to demand apology and compensation for the atrocities they and others suffered under Japanese military sexual slavery during the War in the 1930s and 1940s in the Asia Pacific region, Asian women began to break almost five decades of painful silence. The courageous revelations of the victimized survivors, euphemistically called "...
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The Massacre in Cheju Island Revisited

Archives/ASQ : 2000/07/31 00:00
Massacre in Cheju Island revisited - on legislation of "Cheju Incident of 3 April and Rehabilitation of Victims Law" by Huh, Sang-su An important enactment Among some of the important legislation on human rights passed in the National Assembly last year stood the "Cheju Incident of 3 April and Rehabilitation of Victims Law" an...
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